1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 325 F.Supp.
  5. 325 F.Supp. 375 (1971)
 

GREMILLION v. RINAUDO

Civ. A. No. 70-175.

325 F.Supp. 375 (1971)

Joseph Roosevelt GREMILLION v. Salvadore J. RINAUDO et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

March 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred E. Mitchell, Plaquemine, La., for petitioner.

Leon A. Picou, Jr., St. Francisville, La., for defendant, Salvadore J. Rinaudo.

Joseph W. Cole, Jr., Port Allen, La., for defendants, Pointe Coupee Parish Executive Committee, Isadore G. Olinde, Chairman, and Clerk of Court, and its members.

WEST, Chief Judge:

This action, based primarily on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971 et seq., is brought to set aside the results of the Democratic Party primary election held August 15, 1970, to select a Democratic nominee for school board member from Ward 9, Pointe Coupee Parish (County), Louisiana. The plaintiff, Joseph Roosevelt Gremillion, a Negro, and one of two candidates competing for the Democratic nomination, received a total of 1089 votes...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases