Wiley v. Sinkler
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This was an action, brought March 11, 1895, in the Circuit Cotirt of the United States for the District of South Carolina, by a resident of the city of Charleston in that State, against the board of managers of a general election a,t a ward and precinct in that city, to recover damages in the sum of $2500 for wrongfully and wilfully rejecting his vote for a member of the House of…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This was an action, brought March 11, 1895, in the Circuit Cotirt of the United States for the District of South Carolina, by a resident of the city of Charleston in that State, against the board of managers of a general election a,t a ward and precinct in that city, to recover damages in the sum of $2500 for wrongfully and wilfully rejecting his vote for a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the State of South Carolina on November 6,1894. The allegations of the complaint were as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This case involves the construction and application of the Constitution of the United States, and is therefore rightly brought directly from the Circuit Court of the United States to this Court, under the act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, § 5, cl. i. 26 Stat. 828.
The right to vote for members of the Congress of the United States is not derived merely from the constitution and laws of the State in which they are chosen, but has its foundation in the Constitution of the United States.
This is clearly and amply set forth in Ex parte Yarbrough, 110 U. S. 651, in which this court, speaking by Mr.…
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