Legal Opinion
Allen v. Ellisor
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided June 13, 1979No. Civ. A. 75-1411PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (AND REFUSING DEFENDANTS’ SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION)
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
Before the court are cross motions for summary judgment involving the constitutionality of § 7-5 — 120(5)(b), South Carolina Code, 1976, anno., a portion of the State’s disfranchisement law. 1
Plaintiff is a resident of Aiken County, South Carolina. On May 21, 1970, he was convicted in state court of the crime of forgery 2 and was thereafter notified by the Board of Registration of Aiken County that by operation of § 7-5-120 (Proviso) (5)(b) he was disqualified from…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by3 opinions
- McLaughlin v. City of Canton, Miss.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1995
- Allen v. EllisorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Allen v. EllisorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981