# State v. Taylor

> Supreme Court of Alabama · April 9, 1982 · 415 So. 2d 1043

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9937989

## Case

- **Full name:** State of Alabama v. Catherine Taylor
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** April 9, 1982
- **Citations:** 415 So. 2d 1043
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Torbert
- **Judges:** Maddox, Torbert
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9937989

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that married women may register to vote in their maiden names

## Opinion text

I concur in the decision of this Court; however, it would appear that the Legislature in its wisdom and power could enact legislation dealing with the use of surnames in voter registration as long as the rational purpose of the legislation was to prevent confusion and fraud in the election process.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9937989. Public record. Not legal advice.