UNDERWOOD v. HUNTER

No. 82-7011.

730 F.2d 614 (1984)

Victor UNDERWOOD and Carmen Edwards, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nell HUNTER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before TJOFLAT, VANCE and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

In 1977 and 1978 the boards of registrars for Montgomery and Jefferson Counties in Alabama barred Carmen Edwards and Victor Underwood, respectively, from representation on the election rolls. They were denied voting privileges under section 182 of the Alabama Constitution, adopted in 1901, which disfranchises those convicted of crimes punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, crimes of moral turpitude and other enumerated misdemeanors and...

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