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CAMERON v. JOHNSON

Civ. A. No. 1891(H).

262 F.Supp. 873 (1966)

The Reverend John Earl CAMERON et al., Petitioners, v. Honorable Paul B. JOHNSON et al., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Hattiesburg Division.

December 24, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin E. Smith, Smith, Waltzer, Jones & Peebles, New Orleans, La., L. H. Rosenthal, Jackson, Miss., for petitioners.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondents.

Before RIVES and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges, and COX, District Judge.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is the second time this case has been before this Court for hearing and decision. Invoking Title 42, U.S.C. §§ 1971, 1983, and 1985, the plaintiffs originally filed their complaint on April 13, 1964, against the governor of Mississippi and various officials in Forrest County, Mississippi. They sought a declaratory judgment and injunction, attacking the constitutionality of House Bill...

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