(DOWNLOAD) "Williams v. Taylor" by Fifth Circuit United States Court Of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Williams v. Taylor
- Author : Fifth Circuit United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 04, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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The central inquiry before this court is whether summary disposition of appellant's claim of selective disenfranchisement under 42 U.S.C. §Â§ 1983, 1985 was appropriate. The district court granted summary judgment for the Marshall County Board of Election Commissioners because it found that appellant was not entitled to vote under any circumstances. It accepted the Commissioners' contention that they revoked appellant's voting rights solely because he was a convicted felon within the class of felons prohibited from voting by the Mississippi Legislature. Miss.Code Ann. § 23-5-35. Appellant George L. Williams, a black resident of Marshall County, Mississippi, insists that the Commissioners disenfranchised him because of his race and his political association with the Northern Mississippi United League in violation of his rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. Having studied the evidence available at this stage in the proceedings in light of applicable legal doctrine, we hold that the district court should not have granted summary judgment. I. FACTS