WOODARD v. CARTERET COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Civ. No. 662.

252 F.Supp. 268 (1966)

W. L. WOODARD and M. B. Morey, on Behalf of themselves severally and jointly and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CARTERET COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. North Carolina, New Bern Division.

March 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wheatly & Bennett, Beaufort, N. C., for plaintiffs.

Hamilton, Hamilton & Phillips, Morehead City, N. C., for defendants Carteret County, N. C., Board of County Commissioners of Carteret County, and Board of Elections of Carteret County.

Thomas Wade Bruton, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C., for defendants Chairman of N. C. Board of Elections and Attorney General of State of North Carolina.


LARKINS, District Judge.

This cause comes before the Court as a civil action arising under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; Title 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983 and 1988 of the Civil Rights Act; and Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343, providing for civil rights and the elective franchise. Relief is sought pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, Title 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201 and 2202.

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