UNITED STATES of America
v.
ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS COUNCILS OF LOUISIANA, Inc., the Citizens Council of Arcadia, Louisiana, Inc., the Citizens Council of Gibsland, Louisiana, Inc., Jerry Rougon Butler, John Alexander Bridges, Walter Leonard Dance, Forrest Riley McCallister, Joe A. Reeves, Robert Lamar Taylor, Jr., Joe Bryant Williams, R. C. Woodard, Paul Britton Phillips, J. Roy Caskey, and Henry Leon Walker, Individually and as Members of the Citizens Council of Arcadia, Louisiana, Inc., Leon Franklin Kettler, Archer Franklin Merritt, Charles E. Merritt, Melvin Ray Miller, and Hugh Pearson, Individually and as Members of the Citizens Council of Gibsland, Louisiana, Inc., and Pauline A. Culpepper, Registrar of Voters of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 21, 1961.
August 21, 1961.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph M. F. Ryan, Jr., Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold H. Greene and D. Robert Owen, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., T. Fitzhugh Wilson, U. S. Atty. for the Western Dist. of Louisiana, Shreveport, La., for the government.
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, Thompson L. Clarke, Dist. Atty., Sixth Judicial Dist., St. Joseph, La., Albin P. Lassiter, Dist. Atty., Fourth Judicial Dist., Monroe, La., Fred L. Jackson, Dist. Atty., Second Judicial Dist., Homer, La., for Pauline A. Culpepper, Registrar of Voters of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
Albert E. Bryson, Shreveport, La., for Association of Citizens Councils of Louisiana, Inc.
J. Roy Caskey, Arcadia, La., for all defendants except Culpepper and the Association of Citizens Councils of Louisiana, Inc.
Turner B. Morgan, Morgan, Baker, Skeels, Middleton & Coleman, Shreveport, La., for Arcadia and Gibsland Citizens Councils, and individual members thereof.
United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.
BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
In clear, unmistakable terms, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides as follows:
"Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
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