GORDON v. EXECUTIVE COM. OF DEM. P. OF CITY OF CHARLESTON

Civ. A. No. 71-852.

335 F.Supp. 166 (1971)

Flossie GORDON, Lucille Morris, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF the DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF the CITY OF CHARLESTON, and the Board of Commissioners of Elections for the City of Charleston, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

Decided September 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Henderson Moore, Charleston, S. C., for plaintiffs.

Coming Ball Gibbs, Jr., Morris D. Rosen, Henry B. Smythe, I. M. Goldberg, Charleston, S. C., for defendants.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and SIMONS and BLATT, District Judges.


THREE-JUDGE COURT OPINION and ORDER

PER CURIAM:

A Democratic primary election was held on June 8, 1971, to select a party nominee for the office of Mayor of Charleston to run in the general election for that office slated on December 14, 1971. The election was subject to the provisions of the general election law of South Carolina. Section 47-57, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1962. Such general election law, inter alia, required all voters to take...

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