WRIGHT v. CRIPPS

Civ. A. Nos. 3616-3618.

292 F.Supp. 294 (1968)

Jane WRIGHT, Plaintiff, v. George W. CRIPPS, State Election Commissioner, et al., Defendants. Wade RICHARDSON, Plaintiff, v. George W. CRIPPS, State Election Commissioner, et al., Defendants. Joseph HOLLON, Plaintiff, and Peter C. Townsend, James P. Harrington, John F. Wilson and the New Party, an unincorporated association, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. George W. CRIPPS, State Election Commissioner, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

October 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Shaffer, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs.

William E. Taylor, Jr., Wilmington, Del., for intervening plaintiffs.

Peter J. Nolan, Deputy Atty. Gen., for George W. Cripps, State Election Commissioner.

Roy S. Shiels, Dover, Del., for Levy Court Com'rs of Kent County.

William H. Vaughn, Dover, Del. for Members of Dept. of Elections for Kent County.

H. Edward Maull, Georgetown, Del., for Levy Court Com'rs of Sussex County.

A. Dean Betts, Georgetown, Del., for members of the Dept. of Elections for Sussex County.

Clarence W. Taylor and E. D. Griffenberg, Wilmington, Del., for New Castle County.

Frank O'Donnell, Wilmington, Del., for members of the Dept. of Elections for New Castle County.

Before SEITZ, Circuit Judge, and STEEL and LATCHUM, District Judges.


OPINION

LATCHUM, District Judge.

These three cases were recently filed in the United States District Court for Delaware.1 The jurisdiction of this Court is properly invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1343(3), (4), and 2284 and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1981, 1983 & 1988.

The plaintiff in each case is alleged to be a qualified resident voter of one of the three counties of the State...

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