Legal Opinion
Smith v. State of Arkansas
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided October 25, 1974No. LR-74-C-255PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
EISELE, District Judge.
Plaintiff Chester Smith filed a pro se complaint on August 20, 1974, alleging that he is illiterate and unable to comply with the Arkansas law (specifically Ark.Stat.Ann. § 3-717 [b]) governing the casting of and counting of write-in votes. He challenges the constitutionality of the Arkansas statutes and asks an injunction commanding the Sharp County Board of Election Commissioners to count his ballot. A three-judge District Court was convened. Mr. Royce O. Griffin of the bar of this Court was appointed to represent the plaintiff.
The complaint has been…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Rosario v. RockefellerSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Executive Committee of Democratic PartyDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1966
3Cited by5 opinions
- Lendall v. BryantDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1975
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