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UNITED STATES v. LYND

Nos. 19576, 22477.

349 F.2d 790 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. Theron C. LYND, Circuit Clerk and Registrar of Forrest County, State of Mississippi, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 16, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., D. Robert Owens, Harold H. Greene, Attys. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

M. M. Roberts, Francis T. Zachary, Hattiesburg, Miss., Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Dugas Shands, Asst. Attys. Gen., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent.

Before BROWN, WISDOM, and BELL, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This proceeding for civil contempt for disobedience of the orders of this Court is an outgrowth of the Government's suit for injunction forbidding racial discrimination by Respondent Theron C. Lynd, Registrar of Forrest County, in the Registration of Negro citizens, the appeal therein being this day decided. United States v. Lynd, 5 Cir., 1965, 349 F.2d 785, Docket No. 22477.

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