Jimmy F. Beare v. Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas

PER CURIAM;

This appeal is one of the relatively rare situations in which the Court of Appeals is required to review the decision of a three-judge District Court. 1 The District Court held that the Texas constitutional 2 and statutory 3 provisions which established a system of annual voter registration during a specified time imposed an impermissible burden on the right to vote in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s guaranty of equal protection of the laws. 4 The Court’s opinion was a very comprehensive one which gave a complete picture of the problem therefore eliminating the necessity of…