Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Burns
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided May 17, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-247PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, suing as a class, seek injunctive relief to redress the deprivation by state officials of their constitutionally secured right to vote. This action is brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). Plaintiffs are a duly qualified voter who voted by absentee ballot in the March 29 Democratic primary election in the 10th Ward in Providence; a duly qualified voter who voted by shut-in ballot in that primary; and Lloyd Griffin, a candidate for a vacant seat on the Providence City Council which that election…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Lloyd T. Griffin v. Robert F. Burns, Etc., Thomas A. McCormickCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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- Williams v. SclafaniDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Henderson v. GraddickDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1986
- Black v. McGuffageDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2002
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