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UNDERWOOD v. HUNTER

No. 79-1573. Summary Calendar.

604 F.2d 367 (1979)

Victor UNDERWOOD and Carmen Edwards, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nell HUNTER et al., Individually and on behalf of all other members of Boards of Registrars in the State of Alabama, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., Neil Bradley, ACLU Foundation, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James S. Ward, Asst. Atty. Gen., Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants challenge Section 182 of the Alabama Constitution, which disfranchises those convicted of certain crimes. In the District Court appellants asserted four causes of action: (1) the misdemeanors and minor felonies listed in § 182 as disfranchising offenses unconstitutionally impinge upon the franchise because they deny the franchise without a compelling state interest in violation of the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the U. S...

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