Young v. Mikva

How courts have described this case

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• distinguishing Roudebush as upholding constitutionality of administrative recount of ballots under state procedures, rather than sanctioning election contest for congressional seat
• distinguish- ing Roudebush as upholding constitutionality of admin- istrative recount of ballots under state procedures, rather than sanctioning election contest for congres- sional seat
• distinguish- ing Roudebush as upholding constitutionality of admin- istrative recount of ballots under state procedures, rather than sanctioning election contest for congres- sional seat
• because the right to contest an election was not recognized at common law, courts have no jurisdiction over such matters unless provided by statute
• because the right to contest an election was not recognized at common law, courts have no jurisdiction over such matters unless provided by statute
• “The right to contest an election was not recognized at common law, and a court has no jurisdiction over such matters unless a statute so provides.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).