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DAVIS v. DAVIS

No. 21976.

361 F.2d 770 (1966)

Edward DAVIS, Appellant, v. The Honorable James H. DAVIS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Waltzer, Adolph J. Levy, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Bertrand DeBlanc, Dist. Atty., Fifteenth Judicial District of Louisiana, for appellees.

John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., David L. Norman, Alan G. Marer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States as amicus curiæ.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and BROWN, WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus was denied after a hearing. The case was heard by this Court en banc, together with several other cases, because all of the cases contained the common issue of alleged discrimination in the selection of grand and/or petit juries.1

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