Legal Opinion
Bynum v. Connecticut Commission on Forfeited Rights
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 22, 1969No. 429, Docket 32952PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
We are confronted with a challenge to the constitutionality of Conn.Gen.Stat. Ann. § 9-48,1 which requires an ex-felon to pay a $5.00 fee before he may petition the Connecticut Commission on Forfeited *175Rights for restoration of his voting rights.
William Bynum contends that this fee discriminates against the indigent, thus depriving them of the equal protection of the law in violation of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. He brought an action in the district court for the District of Connecticut, seeking an injunction and declaratory judgment restraining…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- O'BRIEN v. TrevethanDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1972
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