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McGILL v. RYALS

Civ. A. No. 2322-N.

253 F.Supp. 374 (1966)

Lillian S. McGILL et al., Plaintiffs, v. C. F. RYALS, individually and as Sheriff of Lowndes County, Alabama et al., Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Alabama, N. D.

March 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon Z. Crawford, Mobile, Ala., Morton Stavis, of Stavis, Richardson, Koenigsberg & Rossmoore, Newark, N. J., William M. Kunstler and Arthur Kinoy, of Kunstler, Kunstler & Kinoy, New York City, David Einhorn, Passaic, N. J., and Benjamin E. Smith, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

John C. Godbold and Truman Hobbs, of Godbold, Hobbs & Copeland, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants.

Before RIVES, Circuit Judge, and GROOMS and JOHNSON, District Judges.

JOHNSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, who are Negroes, sue individually and, pursuant to Rule 23(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on behalf of all Negro citizens eligible to vote in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Jurisdiction is conferred on this Court by §§ 1343 and 1344, Title 28, U.S.C., and §§ 1971, 1981, and 1983, Title 42, U.S.C.

Plaintiffs allege an array of constitutional violations which collectively, they assert, have enabled...

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