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B. Disenfranchisement 1. Hunter v. Underwood, 105 S.Ct. 1916 (4-16-85) A unanimous Supreme Court held that an Alabama constitutional provision providing for the disenfranchisement of persons convicted of certain felonies and misdemeanors, including “any crime...involving moral turpitude,” although facially neutral, operated in a racially discriminatory manner and was adopted in 1901 with racially discriminatory intent, and, therefore, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. C. Obscenity l. Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc,, 105 §$.Ct. 2794 (6-19-85) 2. Eikenberry v. J-R Distributors The Supreme Court held unconstitutional a portion of a Washington state statute which defined obscene material as that which engenders lust. The Court reasoned that lust ineludes a normal interest in sex and thus the statute was overbroad. IV. Civil Liabiliry A OO /o4 wu - A. 42 u.5 FOef/ OLVEUS — 1. Brandon v. Holt, 105 §.Ct, 873 (1-21-85) In cases under Section 1983, a judgment against a public servant “in his official capacity" imposes liability on the entity that he represents. Here, the Director of the Memphis Police Department”s lack of actual knowledge of an officers Propensities was found to have been caused by inherently deficient police administrative procedurac tinynatving tha ~~ SLe erent ree wee eS ce ee mee discovery of officer misconduct, specifically, a code of silence induced by peer pressure which produced few internal complaints. 2. Wilson v. Garcia, 105 §.Ct. 1938 (4-17-85). Claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 must be treated as personal injury actions for purposes of determining which state statute of statute of limitations is to be applied. 3. City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle, 105 S.Ct. 2427 (6-3-85) A single incident of unusually excessive use of force by a police officer is not sufficient by itself to create an inference of "policy" of inadequate training or supervision to Create municipal liability,