JOHNSON v. STEVENSON

No. 12529.

170 F.2d 108 (1948)

JOHNSON et al. v. STEVENSON.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 7, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Buck, of Fort Worth, Tex., Dallas Scarborough, of Abilene, Tex., B. D. Tarleton and Luther E. Jones, Jr., both of Corpus Christi, Tex., John H. Crooker, Sr., of Houston, Tex., Alvin J. Wirtz, John Cofer and Everett L. Looney, all of Austin, Tex., and James V. Allred, of Houston, Tex., for appellant Lyndon B. Johnson.

A. W. Moursund, of Johnson City, Tex., and Everett L. Looney, of Austin, Tex., for appellants Streigler and others.

T. R. James, of Fort Worth, Tex., Dan Moody, of Austin, Tex., C. C. Renfro, of Dallas, Tex., and Josh H. Groce, of San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and SIBLEY and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

On September 15, 1948, Appellee Stevenson filed this suit in the district court against Appellant Johnson and others to stop by injunction the certifying by the officers of the Democratic Party in Texas of the name of Johnson as the nominee of that party for United States Senator as a result of a Democratic primary election; to prevent his name as such being placed on the official ballots for the general...

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