Legal Opinion
Wesley v. Collins
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided February 28, 1985No. 3-84-0795PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WISEMAN, Chief Judge.
In light of the significantly higher number of blacks convicted of felonies over that of whites, does a Tennessee law disenfranchising felons result in the unlawful dilution of the black vote in violation of the United States Constitution or the federal Voting Rights Act? The Court concludes that Tennessee may disqualify convicted felons from the voting public without unlawfully interfering with the equal opportunity of blacks to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice. The Court therefore dismisses the plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- 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
- Bullock v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Charles Wesley and the Natural Rights Center v. David A. Collins, Coordinator of Elections and W.J. Michael Cody, Attorney General of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- McGee v. StoneSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
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- Johnson v. Governor of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Blaine County, Montana Don K. Swenson, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Blaine County Board of Commissioners Arthur Kleinjan, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Blaine County Board of Commissioners Victor J. Miller, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Blaine County Board of Commissioners Sandra Boardman, in Her Official Capacity as Clerk and Recorder and Superintendent of Elections for Blaine County, Montana v. Joseph F. McConnell Franklin R. Perez Candace D. De Celles Cheryl Sears Wesley D. Cochran Linda M. Buck Donald L. Knife Daniel Kinsey Fort Belknap Community Council, Plaintiff-Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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