Williams v. Osser’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2281
Relies on Swift & Co. v. Wickham · Moody v. Flowers · Alvado v. General Motors Corp. · Public Service Commission of Missouri v. Brashear Freight Lines · Richard Dorfmann, T/a Tenth Street Limited Partnership v. Russell B. Boozer
Most-quoted passages
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“In January 1971, pursuant to the provisions of § 623-40, the Commissioners mailed first notices to 92,000 registered voters who have failed to vote for two consecutive years. Approximately 11,000 persons responded within the prescribed time and were reinstated. Thereafter, notices of cancellation (second notices) were mailed to the 81,000 persons who had failed to respond to the first notice. As required by § 623-40, the Commissioners furnished to representatives of the political parties a list of all persons to whom cancellation notices had been sent. Each of the parties has procedures for verifying the accuracy of the purge list and for seeking reinstatement of those voters who want to remain on the rolls. Some 2,000 of those to whom cancellation notices were mailed requested, and were granted, reinstatement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Osser
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