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McLAUGHLIN v. CITY OF CANTON, MISS.

Civil Action No. 3:89-cv-359WS.

947 F.Supp. 954 (1995)

Sanford McLAUGHLIN, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CANTON, MISSISSIPPI; The City of Canton, Mississippi Election Commission, By and Through Its Chairperson, William B. Crawford, E.F. Love, Bertille Carmichael, Individually and in Their Official Capacity as Members of the City of Canton, Mississippi, Election Commission, or of the State of Mississippi, and as Agent, Employee, Servant and/or Final Policymaker of Canton, Mississippi, or of the State of Mississippi; Jewell Williams; Raymond E. Mabus, Governor of Mississippi; Mike Moore, Attorney General of Mississippi; Dick Molpus, Secretary of State of Mississippi, in Their Official Capacities and as Members of the Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

March 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Turnage, Ellis Turnage, Cleveland, MS, for Sanford McLaughlin.

William R. Collins, Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & McGraw, Canton, MS, Susan Delaine Fahey, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for City of Canton, Mississippi, City of Canton, Mississippi Election Commission, William B. Crawford, E.F. Love, Bertille Carmichael, Jewell Williams.

Mary Margaret Bowers, James F. Steel, Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Raymond E. Mabus, Mike Moore, Dick Molpus.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WINGATE, District Judge.

At the center of this lawsuit is § 2411 of the Mississippi Constitution2, 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...

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