Legal Opinion
Thiess v. State Administrative Board of Election Laws
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 26, 1974No. Civ. 72-1091-KPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, residents of the State of Maryland, all of whom have been eonvicted of and never pardoned for one or more crimes, 1 seek injunctive and declaratory relief against the Administrative Board of Election Laws of the State of Maryland and the Baltimore City Board of Supervisors of Elections, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 U.S.C. § 1343. Plaintiffs assert that the provisions of 3 Md. Ann.Code art. 33, §§ 3-4(c), 24-14, as amended, ch. 299, §§ 1-2 [1974] Laws of Maryland 1353-54, 2 violate the Equal Protection Clause…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Smith v. GoguenSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hourie v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1982
- State v. MabonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Allen v. EllisorDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
- Allen v. EllisorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
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