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UNITED STATES v. EDWARDS

No. 21036.

333 F.2d 575 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Jonathan R. EDWARDS, Jr., Sheriff of Rankin County, Mississippi, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Harold H. Greene, Bernard J. Haugen, Alan G. Marer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Burke Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., D. Robert Owen, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

W. E. McIntyre, Jr., Brandon, Miss., Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter S. Stockett, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., of the State of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before BROWN, MOORE and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

The United States (appellant) filed a complaint and a motion for a preliminary injunction in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi under Part IV of the Civil Rights Act of 19571 against Jonathan R. Edwards, Jr., Sheriff of Rankin County, Mississippi (appellee). The complaint alleged that the appellee had "threatened, intimidated, and coerced and attempted to threaten, intimidate, and coerce...

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