UNITED STATES v. CARTWRIGHT

Civ. A. No. 1957-N.

230 F.Supp. 873 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Mrs. Frances Elizabeth L. CARTWRIGHT, Fred Fomby, Frank Strong, as Registrars of Voters of Elmore County, Alabama, and State of Alabama, Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Alabama, N. D.

June 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Hardeman, U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Arvid A. Sather and David L. Norman, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Glen Curlee, Circuit Sol., Wetumpka, Ala., and Joe Macon, County Sol., Wetumpka, Ala., for defendant registrars.

Leslie Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant State of Alabama.


JOHNSON, District Judge.

This action was instituted on July 19, 1963, by the Attorney General in the name of the United States pursuant to the provisions of Part IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C.A. § 1971, 71 Stat. 637) as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 90). The State of Alabama is joined as a party defendant pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971(c); the individual defendants are joined as members of the Board of Registrars of Elmore...

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