Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Mims
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided September 3, 1970No. Civ. A. 5702-69PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND DECREE
PITTMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff seeks to have Act No. 287, approved May 5, 1965, Acts of Alabama, Special Session, 1965, Vol. 1, p. 395, 1 declared void for being in violation of the due process clause and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Act is a general act of local application, that is, by its terms it has general application, but because of population restrictions it applies only to Mobile. 2 The Act requires that candidates for municipal office in Mobile pay a filing fee equal to 2% of the annual salary of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Taylor and Marshall v. BeckhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Lubin v. PanishSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Zeilenga v. NelsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- Williams v. LideSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Bolden v. City of Mobile, AlabamaDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1976
- Beare v. SmithDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1971
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