M. O. SIMS et al., Plaintiffs,
R. E. Farr et al., Intervening Plaintiffs,
United States of America, Plaintiff and Amicus Curiae,
v.
Mabel AMOS, Secretary of State of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants,
Pierre Pelham et al., Intervening Defendants.
E. D. NIXON et al., Plaintiffs, Alabama Independent Democratic Party, a corporation, Plaintiff-Intervenor,
v.
George C. WALLACE, as Governor of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants,
Pierre Pelham et al., Intervening Defendants.
J. Elbert PETERS, individually, for himself, and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiff,
v.
George C. WALLACE, as Governor of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants,
Pierre Pelham et al., Intervening Defendants.
United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 3, 1972.
January 3, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Morris Dees, Jr. and Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., Charles Morgan, Jr., Morris Brown and Norman Siegel, Atlanta, Ga., for M. O. Sims, and others.
Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., M. D. Ala., Montgomery, Ala., for the United States.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., State of Ala., Gordon Madison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., and Julian D. Butler, Butler & Potter, Huntsville, Ala., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for George C. Wallace, Mabel Amos and William J. Baxley.
James H. Hancock, Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne & Williams, Birmingham, Ala., for J. Richard Bennett, Jr., and Carolyn Golden.
Jack Crenshaw and B. M. Waller, Crenshaw & Waller, Montgomery, Ala., for Pierre Pelham and others.
James W. Garrett, Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Montgomery, Ala., for L. D. Owen, Jr., and others.
William L. Irons, Speir & Irons, Birmingham, Ala., for Jefferson County Citizens Committee for Local Self-Government, its corporate officers and members.
Maurice Bishop, Bishop & Carlton, Birmingham, Ala., for Jefferson County, Ala.
Morris Dees, Jr. and Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Peter A. Hall, C. H. Erskine Smith, Birmingham, Ala., for E. D. Nixon, and others.
David Vann, Birmingham, Ala., for Ala. Independent Democratic Party, a corporation.
Robert S. Vance, Birmingham, Ala., pro se and for the Democratic Party and State Executive Committee.
Dieter J. Schrader, Huntsville, Ala., for J. Elbert Peters, etc.
Before RIVES, Circuit Judge, and THOMAS and JOHNSON, District Judges.
United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.
PER CURIAM:
This litigation consists of three consolidated cases, each presenting the same or similar questions of law and fact. In each case the plaintiffs1 as citizens of the United States and of the State of Alabama, and as duly qualified and registered voters in Alabama and in various counties thereof, jointly and severally bring this action in their own behalf and in behalf of all other voters in Alabama who plaintiffs claim are denied...
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