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BYNUM v. BURNS

No. 18704.

379 F.2d 229 (1967)

Hunter BYNUM, Appellant, v. T. I. BURNS, Sr., Jimmy Best, Jr., and Sandy Tolson Taliaferro, Members of the Lincoln County Election Commission, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 22, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Walker, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant. Jack Greenberg and Fred Wallace, New York City, with him on the brief.

R. D. Smith, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees. Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen. of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., with him on the brief.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, BLACKMUN and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas refusing to grant an injunction requiring the members of the Lincoln County Election Commission of Lincoln County, Arkansas, to certify plaintiff as a bona fide candidate for position #3, Justice of the Peace of Gould Township, for the November 8, 1966, election.

The appellant Hunter Bynum is a Negro, 73 years of age, with...

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