Independent Party of Ct-State Central v. Denise W. Merrill

Summary

The court dismissed the writ of error as moot because the Secretary had accepted twelve of the thirteen challenged endorsements and printed those candidates' names on the ballot, leaving no practical relief available to them. The court also declined to grant a defendant in error's separate request to place her name on the ballot because that affirmative relief was raised for the first time in briefing and presented factual issues that should be addressed initially by the trial court. The court therefore held that the writ was nonjusticiable and dismissed it.