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WHATLEY v. CITY OF VIDALIA

No. 24171.

399 F.2d 521 (1968)

David WHATLEY et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF VIDALIA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 11, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Sobol, New Orleans, La., Alvin J. Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., for appellants.

Patrick A. McDonough, III, Vidalia, La., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, THORNBERRY and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Once again we are called upon to determine whether a state prosecution of Negro citizens allegedly engaged in a federally granted and protected right of encouraging others to register and vote is removable to the Federal District Court under the principles announced by the Supreme Court in State of Georgia v. Rachel, 384 U.S. 780, 86 S.Ct. 1783, 16 L.Ed.2d 925 (1966), and as further elaborated in the City of Greenwood...

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