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PERKINS v. MATTHEWS

Civ. A. No. 4464.

301 F.Supp. 565 (1969)

Ernest PERKINS et al., Plaintiffs, v. L. S. MATTHEWS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

July 17, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Lewis, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

R. L. Goza, Canton, Miss., for defendants.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, COX, Chief District Judge, and NIXON, District Judge.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

1. The Controversy.

Twelve days prior to the date prescribed by law for the holding of Democratic municipal primaries throughout Mississippi, the plaintiffs filed their suit in the District Court. They complained that in 1966 and 1968 the City of Canton, Mississippi, had extended its municipal boundaries, that this caused a large number of white voters to be included in the City, and that...

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