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DAVIS v. SCHNELL

Civil Action No. 758.

81 F.Supp. 872 (1949)

DAVIS et al. v. SCHNELL et al.

United States District Court S. D. Alabama, S. D.

January 7, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Landau and George N. Leighton, both of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

A. A. Carmichael, Atty. Gen. of Alabama, Silas C. Garrett III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Alabama, E. C. Boswell, of Geneva, Ala., Ira B. Thompson, of Montgomery, Ala., Kenneth Griffith, of Cullman, Ala., and Carl M. Booth, Circuit Sol., of Mobile, Ala., for defendants.

Before McCORD, Circuit Judge, MULLINS and McDUFFIE, District Judges.

MULLINS, District Judge.

This case was tried before a duly constituted three-judge District Court.

Under the amended complaint, this suit is brought by ten Negro citizens of Mobile County, Alabama, against the Board of Registrars of said County and the individual members thereof, to declare and secure their rights to register as electors. The plaintiffs bring the action on their own behalf, and on behalf of all Alabama citizens similarly situated.

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