Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Symm
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 29, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-H-1437PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
This action is brought by five college students enrolled at Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College in Prairie View, Texas, seeking to compel the County Tax Assessor-Collector of Waller County, Texas, in which the college is located, to register plaintiffs to vote. Although originally pleaded as a class action, that aspect of the complaint has been abandoned and plaintiffs now proceed in their own behalf. Jurisdiction is predicated upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 Ü.S.C. § 1343.
In the third amended complaint, it is…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Carrington v. RashSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Colegrove v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Evans v. CornmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Ramey v. RockefellerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- Marilyn Whatley and Carol Gerber v. T. J. Clark, Etc., Emma Maria Garza, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Roger Reed v. The Board of Election Commissioners of the City of CambridgeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- United States v. State of TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1978
- Ball v. BrownDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1977
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