Evans v. Cornman, 398 U.S. 419 (1970)

Evans v. Cornman


No. 236


Argued January 22, 1970
Decided June 15, 1970
398 U.S. 419

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND

Syllabus

Residents on grounds of the National Institutes of Health are treated by the State of Maryland, in which that federal enclave is located, as state residents to such an extent that it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to deny them the right to vote in that State. Pp. 420-426.

295 F.Supp. 654, affirmed.