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MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY v. DEMOCRATIC PARTY

No. 23705.

362 F.2d 60 (1966)

The MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY et al., Appellants, v. The DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF the STATE OF MISSISSIPPI et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin J. Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., Arthur Kinoy, New York City, Benjamin E. Smith, New Orleans, La., William Kunstler, New York City, Morton Stavis, Newark, N. J., for appellants.

Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Will A. Hickman, Oxford, Miss., for appellees.

Before WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and COX, District Judge.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

May 2, 1966, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and five Negro citizens and residents of Mississippi filed a complaint to enjoin the Democratic Party of Mississippi from holding primary elections scheduled for June 7, 1966. They seek a judgment setting a new date for the primary sometime before the general elections to be held November 2, 1966, preferably in September. The individual plaintiffs allege that they were unconstitutionally...

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