UNITED STATES v. MAYTON

Nos. 21014, 21032.

335 F.2d 153 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Neely B. MAYTON, John Allen Blackburn, Floyd Bamberg, as Registrars of Voters of Perry County, Alabama, and State of Alabama, Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. Honorable Daniel H. THOMAS, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernol R. Jansen, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., David Rubin, Harold H. Greene, Attys., Dept. of Justice, John Doar, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, David L. Norman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Burke Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard A. Glickstein, Alan G. Marer, Battle Rankin, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen. of Ala., Gordon Madison, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ala., Montgomery, Ala., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENBERRY, District Judge.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The serious question presented by this case may be simply stated. What is the proper role of the District Judge in the administration of § 601(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 following the finding of a pattern or practice of voter racial discrimination?1 The underlying facts are these.

On August 27, 1962, the United States, pursuant to the authority...

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