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FORBUSH v. WALLACE

Civ. A. No. 3394-N.

341 F.Supp. 217 (1971)

Wendy FORBUSH, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. George C. WALLACE, Individually and as Governor of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.

September 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Knowles (Drake, Knowles & Still), Tuscaloosa, Ala., for plaintiff.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., of Alabama, and J. Victor Price, Jr., and Richard F. Calhoun, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants.

Before RIVES, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON and VARNER, District Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff brings this class action challenging the unwritten regulation of the Alabama Department of Public Safety which requires that each married female applicant use her husband's surname in seeking and obtaining a driver's license. The thrust of the complaint is that the refusal of the Department to issue plaintiff Forbush a driver's license in her maiden name because she is married1 is a denial of equal protection as guaranteed...

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