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UNITED STATES v. PALMER

Nos. 21646, 21647.

356 F.2d 951 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Henry Earl PALMER, Registrar of Voters of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and the State of Louisiana, Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Fletcher HARVEY, Registrar of Voters of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and the State of Louisiana, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Greene, James L. Kelley, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John Doar, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Louis C. LaCour, U. S. Atty., Howard A. Glickstein, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leon A. Picou, Jr., St. Francisville, La., Harry J. Kron, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for appellees.

Before WHITAKER, Senior Judge, and WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In separate actions, October 29, 1963, and March 26, 1964, the United States filed complaints against Harvey, Registrar of Voters in West Feliciana Parish, and against Palmer, Registrar of Voters in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The complaints alleged that Harvey and Palmer, as registrars, had deprived Negroes of their right to register and vote, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1971(a), (c), (d...

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