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UNITED STATES v. RAINES

Civ. A. No. 442.

203 F.Supp. 147 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. James Griggs RAINES, Dixon Oxford, Roscoe Radford, Registrars of Terrell County, Georgia, F. Lawson Cook, Sr., and Mrs. F. Lawson Cook, Sr., Deputy Registrars, Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Georgia, Americus Division.

January 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank O. Evans, U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., St. John Barrett, Ben Brooks, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Charles J. Bloch, Ellsworth Hall, Jr., Macon, Ga., Peter Zack Geer, Atlanta, Ga., Robert L. Russell, Jr., Winder, Ga., for defendants.

BOOTLE, District Judge.

Under the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C.A. § 1971(c)) the United States, by the Attorney General, brought this action to obtain preventive relief against alleged acts and practices of the defendants as voting registrars and deputy registrars of Terrell County, Georgia which would deprive other persons of rights and privileges secured by subsection (a) of 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971, namely, the right and privilege of citizens of the United...

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