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TYLER v. COLLINS

Nos. 82-5046, 82-5079.

709 F.2d 1106 (1983)

Bobby R. TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David COLLINS, Defendant-Appellee. Norman Quincy WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David COLLINS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Argued May 4, 1983.

Decided June 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby R. Tyler, pro se.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Tenn., Robert B. Littleton, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee in both cases.

Henry A. Martin (argued), Barrett & Ray, Nashville, Tenn., for Wright.

John C. Zimmerman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee in No. 82-5079.

Before MERRITT and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.

Submitted May 4, 1983 in No. 82-5046.

Argued May 4, 1983 in No. 82-5079.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

These two appeals have been consolidated for opinion because they raise the same issue: the constitutionality of Tennessee's law depriving convicted felons of the right to vote. Both appellants were convicted and sentenced prior to the passage of the laws which declared all felonies infamous and disenfranchised convicted felons. They challenge the law alleging...

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