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HUNTER v. UNDERWOOD

No. 84-76.

471 U.S. 222 (1985)

HUNTER ET AL. v. UNDERWOOD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 16, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Ward, Special Assistant Attorney of Alabama, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants.

Edward Still argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Neil Bradley, Laughlin McDonald, and Christopher Coates.†

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

We are required in this case to decide the constitutionality of Art. VIII, § 182, of the Alabama Constitution of 1901, which provides for the disenfranchisement of persons convicted of, among other offenses, "any crime . . . involving moral turpitude."* Appellees Carmen Edwards, a black, and Victor Underwood, a white, have been blocked...

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