Louis WOLFSON II et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Harry M. NEARING, Supervisor of Elections for Duval County, Florida, and Richard A. Stone, Secretary of State of Florida, Defendants.
George W. FEE, individually, and as Mayor of the City of Temple Terrace, Florida, et al., Petitioners,
v.
James A. SEBESTA, as Supervisor of Elections for Hillsborough County, Florida, and Richard Stone, Secretary of the State of Florida, Respondents.
E. J. JOHNSTON and John Reed, Jr., as a representative of a class, Plaintiffs,
v.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida, et al., Defendants.
Kathleen WRIGHT, Harry Glover, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
Jane CARROLL, Supervisor of Elections for Broward County, Florida, and Richard Stone, Secretary of State of Florida, Defendants.
United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 31, 1972.
July 31, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
McCrary, Ferguson & Lee (Jesse J. McCrary, Jr.), Miami, Fla., Joseph C. Jacobs, Tallahassee, Fla., for Louis Wolfson, II, and others.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Jerry E. Oxner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., John E. Mathews, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles P. Pillans, III, Asst. Counsel, City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fla., for Harry M. Nearing, Supervisor of Elections, etc., and others.
Gibbons, Tucker, McEwen, Smith, Cofer & Taub (James M. McEwen), Tampa, Fla., for George W. Fee, and others.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Jerry E. Oxner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., John E. Mathews, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, Fla., and David Thorpe, Asst. County Atty., Tampa, Fla., for James A. Sebesta, as Supervisor of Elections, etc., and others.
Fitzgerald & Johnston (James A. Johnston), Milton, Fla., E. J. Johnston and John Reed, Jr., as a representative of a class.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Jerry E. Oxner, Asst. Atty. Gen., John E. Mathews, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for Board of County Comm'rs of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties, and Jane Carroll, Supervisor of Elections, etc., and others.
Zebedee W. Wright, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Kathleen Wright, Harry Glover, and all others similarly situated.
Before SIMPSON, Circuit Judge, and McRAE and TJOFLAT, District Judges.
United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiffs in these consolidated cases invoke the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201, alleging a denial to them as electors of the equal protection of the laws, for which they seek relief under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
By order of court entered July 14, 1972, these consolidated cases were each dismissed with prejudice and the parties...
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