Knapp v. Fowler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that court has jurisdiction over mandamus action by persons elected as party officials at primary election but removed from office by party executive committee
• presenting a scenario in which several electors joined the affected committeepersons in challenging the party’s actions
• “Judicial interference, even with the internal organization of a political party, is justifiable if such internal organization may directly affect the performance of a public function and the public interest.” (emphasis added)
• “The invocation of judicial interference in this area must be restricted or circumscribed[.]”
• “In so holding, the majority may have overlooked one crucial fact— that before the outsiders can get in, the insiders must be ordered out. And this, I am afraid, no court should ever accomplish by writ of mandamus.”
• “The assumption of such obligations [to select nominees in special-election scenarios] by party organizations has marked the entry by such party organizations into an area of public activity which renders their activities in such area amenable to judicial supervision.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).