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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

No. 22614.

359 F.2d 103 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI and Joe M. Stinson, Registrar, Walthall County, Mississippi, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Greene, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Stephen Eilperin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., David Rubin, Battle Rankin, Peter S. Smith, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Breed O. Mounger, Tylertown, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of State of Mississippi, Will S. Wells, Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen. of State of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Before GEWIN and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and WEST, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This is a proceeding brought by the United States seeking to enjoin a Mississippi County registrar from engaging in racially discriminatory acts and practices which deprive Negro citizens of the right to register and vote without distinction as to race or color. This is the second appearance of this case in this Court. See United States v. State of Mississippi, 339 F.2d 679 (5 Cir., 1964). Since our former decision, the...

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