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McDaniel v. Paty 435 U.S. 618

McDaniel v. Paty 435 U.S. 618

435 U.S. 618 | 1978-04-19

McDaniel v. Paty

435 U.S. 618

McDaniel v. Paty (No. 76-1427)

Argued: December 5, 1977
Decided: April 19, 1978

Syllabus

Appellee Paty, a candidate for delegate to a Tennessee constitutional convention, sued in the State Chancery Court for a declaratory judgment that appellant, an opponent who was a Baptist minister, was disqualified from serving as delegate by a Tennessee statutory provision establishing the qualifications of constitutional convention delegates to be the same as those for membership in the State House of Representatives, thus invoking a Tennessee constitutional provision barring "[m]inister[s] of the Gospel, or priest[s] of...