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UNITED STATES v. WARD

No. 21717.

345 F.2d 857 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Wilbur G. WARD, Circuit Court Clerk and Registrar, George County, Mississippi, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Smith, Harold H. Greene, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., John Doar, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank E. Schwelb, Gerald P. Choppin, Peter S. Smith, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., William T. Bailey, Lucedale, Miss., William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., of State of Mississippi, for appellees.

Before WOODBURY, WISDOM, and BELL, Circuit Judges.

BELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the right of Negroes to vote in George County, Mississippi. It is from an order of the District Court granting only partial relief.

On April 13, 1962, the Attorney General, acting in the name of the United States, filed a complaint against Eldred W. Green, Circuit Court Clerk and Registrar of George County; and the State of Mississippi, under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971, as amended...

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