KENNEDY v. BRUCE

No. 19303.

298 F.2d 860 (1962)

Robert F. KENNEDY, as Attorney General of the United States, et al., Appellants, v. William H. BRUCE, as a Member of and Chairman of the Board of Registrars of Wilcox County, Alabama, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernol R. Jansen, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Gerald P. Choppin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Gordon Madison, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Ala., Blanchard L. McLeod, Camden, Ala., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama which (1) granted appellees' motion to dismiss an application by the Attorney General of the United States for an order permitting the inspection of the voting records of Wilcox County, Alabama, and (2) denied the Attorney General's motion to dismiss the complaint in an action begun by the County Registrar in the State Court and removed to the Federal Court...

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