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ANDERSON v. COURSON

Civ. No. 686.

203 F.Supp. 806 (1962)

W. G. ANDERSON, Thomas C. Chatmon, Jr., E. D. Hamilton, Slater H. King and Mrs. Dorothy M. Scriven, on Behalf of Themselves and all other Negroes of Dougherty County, Georgia, Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Miss Evelyn COURSON, Ordinary of Dougherty County, Richard Hobbs, Chairman of Democratic Executive Committee of Dougherty County, Georgia, and Members; Mercer Sherman, Ernest Wetherbee, Jr., Charles Jones, Jr., William T. Devine, Jr., Wilson Smith, Jim Champion, Jr., Louis Peacock and Stewart Watson; T. A. Kemp, Chief Registrar, Dougherty County, Asa D. Kelley, Jr., Mayor of City of Albany and City Commissioners; C. B. Pritchett, Jr., Jim Denson, Allen Davis, R. H. Warren and Buford Collins; and the City of Albany, Defendants.

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

January 8, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. King, D. L. Hollowell, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

H. G. Rawls, Perry, Walters & Langstaff, Farkas, Landau & Davis, Albany, Ga., for defendants.

BOOTLE, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs are five Negro citizens of the City of Albany, County of Dougherty, State of Georgia, and are qualified voters of said city and said county. They bring this action on their own behalf and on behalf of all other Negroes similarly situated with respect to the matters here involved. The suit is against the Ordinary of said county, the Chairman and Members of the Democratic Executive Committee of said county, the Chief Registrar of...

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