Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. Williams
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided May 30, 1972No. GC 71-72PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
2Per curiam
On April 3, 1972, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated the judgment of this three-judge district court, Ferguson v. Williams, (N.D.Miss.), 330 F.Supp. 1012 (1971), and remanded the cause for further consideration in the light of Dunn v. Blumstein, 1972, 405 U.S. 330, 92 S.Ct. 995, 31 L.Ed.2d 274.
At issue is the constitutionality of Mississippi’s 4-month registration requirement for voting in state and local elections as provided by its state constitution 1 and statute, 2 when tested by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court in Dunn…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Evans v. CornmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ferguson v. WilliamsDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1971
- Bew v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
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