Legal Opinion
Ferd Allen v. Paul B. Johnson, Individually and as Governor and State Election Commissioner of the State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1969No. 24314_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
In this attack 1 on Mississippi’s process of selecting County Election Commissioners pursuant to §§ 3204, 3205 and 3242 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, which provide for the appointment of the County Commissioners by a state statutory commission made up of the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General of Mississippi, the appellants asserted that they were deprived of their rights to participate fully at all levels of the election process in the State of Mississippi as guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, by 42 U.S. C.A. § 1971, and by the Voting Rights Act…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Doremus v. Board of Ed. of HawthorneSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Duke Power Co. v. Greenwood CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Mayhue's Super Liquor Store, Inc. v. Don Meiklejohn, as Director, Beverage Department, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Knippers and Day Real Estate, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States of America, Lilly Russell v. Greenwood Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. KirklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972