POWELL v. POWER

No. 70 Civ. 4637.

320 F.Supp. 618 (1970)

Adam Clayton POWELL, Esther McCall, John W. Duncan, Robbie Clark, Martha P. Anderson and Joseph Steele, Plaintiffs suing for themselves and in behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. James M. POWER, Thomas Mallee, Maurice J. O'Rourke, and J. J. Duberstein, constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and Charles B. Rangel, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

December 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry R. Williams, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Harold L. Fisher, Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant Rangel.


MANSFIELD, District Judge.

On October 22, 1970, Adam Clayton Powell, together with five other voters who were registered as Democrats and reside in the 18th Congressional District, brought this suit seeking to void the Democratic primary conducted on June 23, 1970, for the election of a Democratic nominee to be candidate for the office of United States Representative to Congress from that District. They also sought an...

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