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Allen v. Ellisor, Chairman, South Carolina Election Commission, 1981 — 454 U.S. 807 · caselaw · US
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Allen v. Ellisor, Chairman, South Carolina Election Commission
454 U.S. 807·Supreme Court of the United States·1981
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Opinion
No. 80-1872.
Allen v. Ellisor, Chairman, South Carolina Election Commission.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 4th Cir. Certio-rari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded with directions to consider whether the case has become moot by-reason of the enactment of Act R 655, effective March 20, 1981, whereby § 7-5-120(5)(b) of the South Carolina Code of Laws (1976) was amended. See Crowell v. Mader, 444 U. S. 505 (1980).