SHUB v. SIMPSON

No. 371.

340 U.S. 861 (1950)

SHUB v. SIMPSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 23, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Duke Avnet for appellant. Hall Hammond Attorney General of Maryland, J. Edgar Harvey, Deputy Attorney General, and Harrison L. Winter, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


This is a motion to advance and expedite the hearing of an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland affirming the denial of a petition for writ of mandamus.

Appellant, petitioner below, was nominated by the Progressive Party for Governor of Maryland at a convention held on August 7, 1950. On August 18, nine days before the last date permitted by law, he tendered a certificate of nomination to the Secretary of State, a prerequisite to...

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