UNITED STATES v. LUCKY

Civ. A. No. 8366.

239 F.Supp. 233 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America v. Mae LUCKY, Registrar of Voters of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, the State of Louisiana, the Citizens Council of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

March 11, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas de B. Katzenbach, Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., for Western Dist. of Louisiana, Shreveport, La., for the Government.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., and Harry J. Kron, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., Albin P. Lassiter, Dist. Atty., Ouachita Parish, Lovell E. Hayden III, Sholars, Gunby & Allbritton, Robert W. Kostelka, Monroe, La., W. M. Shaw, Shaw & Shaw, Homer, La., for defendants.


BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. This suit was filed by the Attorney General of the United States under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 1971). The complaint alleges that the defendants have engaged in acts and practices which have deprived Negro citizens of the right to register and vote in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, without distinction of race or color.

2. Named as defendants are Mae Lucky, Registrar...

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