GRAY v. JOHNSON

Civ. A. No. 3580.

234 F.Supp. 743 (1964)

Victoria GRAY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Honorable Paul B. JOHNSON, Jr., Governor, State of Mississippi, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

October 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. H. Rosenthal, Jackson, Miss., Kunstler, Kunstler & Kinoy, New York City, Morton Stavis, Newark, N. J., Smith, Waltzer, Jones & Peebles, Bruce C. Waltzer, New Orleans, La., Mel Wulf, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., William A. Allain, Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Assts. to Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge, and CLAYTON and COX, District Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs sue under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2201 for a declaratory judgment to test the constitutional validity of Senate Bill 1783, Mississippi Laws 1964, which became effective on April 23, 1964.1

The plaintiff (Gray) was a candidate for the United States Senate in Mississippi and was defeated in the June 2, 1964, primary....

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