UNITED STATES v. EXECUTIVE COM. OF DEM. P. OF GREENE CO., ALA.

Civ. A. Nos. 66-321, 4086-66.

254 F.Supp. 543 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF the DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF GREENE COUNTY, ALABAMA, J. E. Cameron, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Greene County, Alabama, J. Dennis Herndon, Judge of Probate for Greene County, Alabama, M. L. Porter, C. S. King, R. D. Cables, individually and as members of a class, the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Sumter County, Alabama, Ira D. Pruitt, Sr., Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Sumter County, Alabama, Wilbur E. Dearman, Judge of Probate for Sumter County, Alabama, A. B. Stutts, James Weatherly, A. O. Campbell, individually and as members of a class, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF the DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MARENGO COUNTY, ALABAMA, J. C. Camp, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Marengo County, Alabama, R. J. Westbrook, Judge of Probate for Marengo County, David P. Holley, James G. McCoy, Jr., and Thomas H. Miller, individually and as members of a class, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Alabama, W. D.; S. D. Alabama, N. D.

May 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Atty. Gen., John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Vernol R. Jansen, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff.

Frank Mizell, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., Thomas H. Boggs, Circuit Sol., Linden, Ala., Perry Hubbard, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for defendants.


DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, Chief Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT

(1) On October 28, 1965, the Attorney General of the United States designated Greene County, Alabama for the appointment of federal examiners pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

(2) On August 9, 1965, the Attorney General of the United States designated Marengo County, Alabama for the appointment of federal examiners pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

(3) On May 3, 1966...

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