SPAULDING v. BLAIR

Civ. No. 19933.

291 F.Supp. 149 (1968)

Daniel W. SPAULDING, James T. Dorsey, Vivian L. Sanders, Reverend Vernon N. Dobson v. C. Stanley BLAIR, Secretary of State of the State of Maryland, et al.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

October 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred E. Weisgal, Ronald M. Shapiro and Louis S. Sachs, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, and Lewis A. Noonberg, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, Md., for C. Stanley Blair, Secretary of State, and Bd. of Sup'rs of Elections of Baltimore City.

Carl Frederick, Wheaton, Md., for Bd. of Sup'rs of Elections of Montgomery County.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

In this action, filed on September 30, 1968, plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment and an injunction which would prevent the submission of a "referendum question" to the voters of the State of Maryland at the general election on November 5, 1968. They claim that the submission of the question would violate their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chapter 550 of the Acts of Maryland, 1963, created a Commission on Interracial Problems...

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