UNITED STATES v. McCLELLAN

Civ. A. No. 3607.

248 F.Supp. 62 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Henry B. McCLELLAN, Circuit Court Clerk and Registrar, Holmes County, Mississippi, State of Mississippi, Defendants.

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

September 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas B. de Katzenbach, U. S. Atty. Gen., Robert Hauberg, U. S. Atty., for plaintiff.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of State of Mississippi and Thomas H. Watkins, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., of State of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., for defendant.

Before JONES and BELL, Circuit Judges, and CLAYTON, District Judge.


WARREN L. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Asserting jurisdiction under 42 U.S. C.A. § 1971(d) and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1345, an action was instituted for the United States and in its name by the Attorney General, as authorized by 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971(c) against Henry B. McClellan, Circuit Court Clerk and Registrar of Holmes County, Mississippi, joining the State of Mississippi as a defendant. It was charged in the complaint that the defendants in conducting registration...

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