MEXICAN-AMERICAN FEDERATION-WASHINGTON STATE v. NAFF

Civ. A. No. 2457.

299 F.Supp. 587 (1969)

MEXICAN-AMERICAN FEDERATION-WASHINGTON STATE, a non-profit organization; Caesario Jiminez; Simon Ramos; Jennie Marin; and Marta Cantu; on their own behalves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Eugene NAFF, Yakima County Auditor; Maurine Seefeldt, Toppenish City Clerk and Yakima County Deputy Registrar; and Charles Skinner, Zillah City Clerk and Yakima County Deputy Registrar; on their own behalves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Defendants, The State of Washington, a body politic, and A. Ludlow Kramer, Secretary of State, Additional Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Washington, S. D.

May 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Ehlert, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Lincoln E. Shropshire, Pros. Atty., Jon Harlan, Deputy Pros. Atty., Yakima, Wash., for defendant, Eugene Naff, Yakima County Auditor.

Joseph C. Murphy, Toppenish, Wash., for defendant Maurine Seefeldt.

Ted Roy, of Hovis, Cockrill & Roy, Yakima, Wash., for defendant Charles Skinner.

Before HAMLEY, Circuit Judge, and POWELL and GOODWIN, District Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GOODWIN, District Judge.

Article VI of the Washington State Constitution as amended by Amendment 5, Section 1, provides in part as follows:

"QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS. All persons of the age of twenty-one years or over, possessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections: They shall be citizens of the United States; they shall have lived in the state one year, and in the county ninety days, and...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases