UNITED STATES v. STATE OF ALABAMA

No. 17684.

267 F.2d 808 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. STATE OF ALABAMA et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wilson White, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold H. Greene, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civil Right Division, Washington, D. C., Hartwell Davis, U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Joseph M. F. Ryan, Jr., Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Nicholas S. Hare, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gordon Madison, Asst. Atty. Gen., MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., Willard Livingston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Charles J. Bloch, Macon, Ga., Lawrence K. Andrews, Union Springs, Ala., Julian Eugene Cook, Atlanta, Ga., amici curiæ.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This appeal tests for error the order of the district judge dismissing the complaint as to all the defendants for the reasons stated in his opinion1 as to each.

This is the record. On February 5, 1959, the United States of America, appellant, filed an action against appellees Grady Rogers, E. P. Livingston, and the Registration Board of Macon County, Alabama. This action was brought under Part IV of the...

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