SHARP v. LUCKY

No. 16687.

252 F.2d 910 (1958)

James SHARP, Jr., Appellant, v. Mrs. May LUCKY, Registrar of Voters, Ouachita Parish, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion March 4, 1958.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Sharp, Jr., Monroe, La., for appellant.

Fred Fudickar, Jr., Albin P. Lassiter, Monroe, La., George M. Ponder, first Asst. Atty. Gen., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant's suit for violation of his civil rights for want of jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

The complaint alleges that Sharp, a Negro lawyer, went to the office of defendant, Mrs. Lucky, Registrar of Voters of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, on legal business for his client, another Negro, Willie L. Tillman, who had been notified that his voter...

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