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BYNUM v. CONNECTICUT COMMISSION ON FORFEITED RIGHTS

No. 429, Docket 32952.

410 F.2d 173 (1969)

William BYNUM, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONNECTICUT COMMISSION ON FORFEITED RIGHTS: Gertrude P. O'Donnell and Sebastian Polo, individually and as members of the Connecticut Commission on Forfeited Rights; Lucy C. Rossi, individually and as Executive Secretary of the Connecticut Commission on Forfeited Rights, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Clendenen, Jr., New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond J. Cannon, Hartford, Conn. (Robert K. Williams, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

We are confronted with a challenge to the constitutionality of Conn.Gen.Stat. Ann. § 9-48,1 which requires an ex-felon to pay a $5.00 fee before he may petition the Connecticut Commission on Forfeited Rights for restoration of his voting rights.

William Bynum contends that this fee discriminates against the indigent, thus depriving them of the equal...

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