HADNOTT v. AMOS

No. 647.

394 U.S. 358 (1969)

HADNOTT ET AL. v. AMOS, SECRETARY OF STATE OF ALABAMA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Morgan, Jr., argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Reber F. Boult, Jr., Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Robert P. Schwenn, Melvin L. Wulf, and Eleanor Holmes Norton.

L. Drew Redden, Special Assistant Attorney General of Alabama, argued the cause for appellees Amos et al. With him on the brief were MacDonald Gallion, Attorney General, pro se, John G. Bookout, Deputy Attorney General, and Gordon Madison and Leslie Hall, Assistant Attorneys General.

Louis F. Claiborne argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Pollak, Nathan Lewin, and Frank M. Dunbaugh.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit is a class action brought by the National Democratic Party of Alabama (NDPA) and some of its officers and candidates in the 1968 general election against Alabama state officials who had refused to include various NDPA candidates on the ballot for various county and state-wide offices. As the complaint sought an injunction against enforcement of Alabama statutes on federal constitutional grounds, a three...

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