BOINEAU v. THORNTON

Civ. A. No. AC-1465.

235 F.Supp. 175 (1964)

Charles E. BOINEAU, Jr., William L. Turbeville and Dolores R. Ellis, Petitioners, v. O. Frank THORNTON, Secretary of State of the State of South Carolina, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

August 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Becker, Washington, D. C., Hoover C. Blanton, Columbia, S. C., and Robert E. Goostree, Washington, D. C., for petitioners.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, Everett N. Brandon, Asst. Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, Clarence T. Goolsby, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, and Frank A. Graham, Jr., Richland County, South Carolina, County Atty., for respondents.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and MARTIN and HEMPHILL, District Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

Out of the now established principle that, within reasonable limits, each voter, in every state and its political subdivisions, is entitled to one vote as equal as may be in weight to that of every other voter in the same election, arises a question as to whether a state may constitutionally require a voter to vote for as many people as the number to be elected to, or nominated for, a particular office. The question arises in connection...

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