GILHOOL v. CHAIRMAN & COM'RS, PHILADELPHIA CO. BD. OF ELEC.

Civ. A. No. 69-2139.

306 F.Supp. 1202 (1969)

Thomas K. GILHOOL et al. v. CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

Judgment Affirmed March 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bender, Donald Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Levy Anderson, Deputy City Solicitor, Philadelphia, Pa., for the Philadelphia County Board of Elections.

William Sennett, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

I. Packel, Philadelphia, Pa., for the Democratic City Committee.

Edward R. Becker, Philadelphia, Pa., for the Republican City Committee.

Before KALODNER, Circuit Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and MASTERSON, District Judges.


Judgment Affirmed March 2, 1970. See 90 S.Ct. 996.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MASTERSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action to enjoin the City of Philadelphia "from preparing or utilizing voting machines or ballots employing straight party voting levers for the offices of Councilman in the First and Seventh Councilmanic Districts in the special elections to be held in those Districts in Philadelphia on November 4, 1969, or from conducting the...

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