ADAMS v. TERRY

No. 13328.

193 F.2d 600 (1952)

ADAMS et al. v. TERRY et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. E. Townes, Edgar E. Townes, Jr. and Clarence I. McFarlane, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

J. Edwin Smith, Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and STRUM, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought March 16, 1950, as a class action against defendants, sued individually and as members of the Jaybird Party, the suit was for a declaratory judgment as to the rights of plaintiffs and their class to vote in primaries of the Jaybird Party, scheduled for May 6, and June 3, 1950, and for an injunction protecting those rights.

Grounded on the claim, put forward and sustained in Perry v...

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