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WYCHE v. HESTER

No. 28215.

431 F.2d 791 (1970)

Zelma C. WYCHE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. E. HESTER et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied and Rehearing Denied October 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Sobol, Washington, D. C., George M. Strickler, Jr., Collins, Douglas & Elie, New Orleans, La., Anthony G. Amsterdam, Palo Alto, Cal., Alvin J. Bronstein, Cambridge, Mass., for petitioner-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., State of La., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Thompson L. Clarke, Dist. Atty., Sixth Judicial Dist., St. Joseph, La., Dorothy D. Wolbrette, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La. (on rehearing only), for respondents-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 6, 1970.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Things were anything but tranquil on July 28, 1966, at Bill's Highway 80 Truckstop in Tallulah, Louisiana. The events of that evening grew out of the civil rights activities of appellant Zelma C. Wyche. Wyche, a Negro, was president of the Madison Parish Voters' League, an organization devoted to securing equal rights for Negroes.1 In furtherance...

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