GRIFFIN v. BURNS

Civ. A. No. 77-247.

431 F.Supp. 1361 (1977)

Lloyd GRIFFIN et al. v. Robert F. BURNS, Secretary of State of the State of Rhode Island, et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

May 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Bucci, Walter R. Stone, Providence, R. I., William Chaika, Cranston, R. I., for plaintiffs.

J. Peter Doherty, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., for defendants.

Thomas A. McCormick, pro se.


OPINION AND ORDER

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, suing as a class, seek injunctive relief to redress the deprivation by state officials of their constitutionally secured right to vote. This action is brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). Plaintiffs are a duly qualified voter who voted by absentee ballot in the March 29 Democratic primary election in the 10th Ward in Providence; a duly qualified...

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