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UNITED STATES v. POST

Civ. A. Nos. 13571, 13574.

297 F.Supp. 46 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jerome K. POST, Jr., Clerk of the Sixth Judicial District Court of Louisiana, etc., et al. Zelma C. WYCHE et al. v. Jerome K. POST, Jr., Clerk of the Sixth Judicial District Court of Louisiana, etc., et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

March 10, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey Clark, Atty. Gen., Stephen J. Pollak, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank M. Dunbaugh, Atty., Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., Charles E. Welsh, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for the Government.

Donald Juneau, New Orleans, La., Richard B. Sobol, Robert F. Collins and Nils R. Douglas, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs Zelma C. Wyche and others.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., of Louisiana, Thomas McFerrin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Robert C. Downing, Asst. Atty. Gen., Monroe, La., Thompson L. Clarke, Dist. Atty., for the Sixth Judicial District, St. Joseph, La., for all defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

Findings of Fact

1. These consolidated actions were filed respectively February 23rd, 1968, and February 26th, 1968, under Sections 2, 11(a), and 12(b), of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and 42 U.S.C. § 1971(a) and (c). The complaints charged defendants with having engaged in certain conduct which had the effect of depriving qualified Negro voters of their right effectively...

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