ALLEN v. JOHNSON

No. 24314.

413 F.2d 1218 (1969)

Ferd ALLEN et al., Appellants, v. Paul B. JOHNSON, individually and as Governor and State Election Commissioner of the State of Mississippi, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denison Ray, Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Jackson, Miss., for appellants, by Elliott Lichtman, Jackson, Miss.

Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, RIVES and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judges, WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON and CLAYTON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this attack1 on Mississippi's process of selecting County Election Commissioners pursuant to §§ 3204, 3205 and 3242 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, which provide for the appointment of the County Commissioners by a state statutory commission made up of the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General of Mississippi, the appellants asserted that they were deprived of their rights to participate fully...

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