Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. City of Canton, Miss.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided March 31, 1995No. Civil Action 3:89-cv-359WSPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WINGATE, District Judge.
At the center of this lawsuit is § 241 1 of the Mississippi Constitution 2 , Article XII, the disenfranchisement provision. Denying the right of suffrage to those convicted of certain enumerated crimes, this provision withholds the designation of “qualified elector” from anyone who has been convicted of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, or bigamy. Plaintiff herein, Sanford McLaughlin, an African-American male, claims that he has felt the sting of § 241 which,…
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