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WESLEY v. COLLINS

No. 85-5271.

791 F.2d 1255 (1986)

Charles WESLEY and the Natural Rights Center, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. David A. COLLINS, Coordinator of Elections and W.J. Michael Cody, Attorney General of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Bates, argued, Summertown, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William P. Sizer, argued, W.J. Michael Cody, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before MARTIN and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges; and CHURCHILL, District Judge.

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs/appellants Charles Wesley and the Natural Rights Center appealed the district court order dismissing their civil rights action which challenged the validity of the Tennessee statute disenfranchising convicted felons.

The Natural Rights Center is a public interest law project active in civil rights. Charles Wesley is an adult black citizen of Tennessee who pleaded guilty to a charge of being an accessory after the fact to...

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