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LAWSON v. SHELBY COUNTY, TN

No. 98-6065.

211 F.3d 331 (2000)

Randy LAWSON and Sharon Lawson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, and its division the Shelby County Election Commission, O.C. Pleasant, Jr., David H. Lillard, Jr., Yvonne B. Acey, Richard L. Holden, and Myra Stiles, in their official capacity as members of the Shelby County Election Commission, and the State of Tennessee and Don Sundquist, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Pittman, Pittman & Kelly, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants.

William J. Marett, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; SUHRHEINRICH and SILER, Circuit Judges.

MARTIN, C. J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SILER, J., joined. SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pp. 337 - 38), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Chief Judge.

Randy and Sharon Lawson appeal an order dismissing their amended complaint for failure to state a claim. The Lawsons claim that they were denied the right to vote when they refused to disclose their social security numbers as a condition to exercising their...

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