George W. PRESTON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
John E. MANDEVILLE, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 25, 1973.
May 25, 1973.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Morris Brown, Atlanta, Ga., A. J. Cooper, Jr., Mobile, Ala., Neil Bradley, Atlanta, Ga., Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., Emily Carssow, Atlanta, Ga., James K. Baker, Birmingham, Ala., Charles Morgan, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, George W. Dean, Jr., Destin, Fla., Howard A. Mandell, Montgomery, Ala., Norman Siegel, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Charles R. Butler, Jr., Dist. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Leslie Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellees.
Before GODBOLD, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
The initial history of this case appears in the opinion on a prior appeal, Preston v. Mandeville, 428 F.2d 1392 (5th Cir. 1970). Negro plaintiffs had claimed racial discrimination in compiling and maintaining the Mobile County jury roll. The District Court had found that the overall population of persons of jury age was 70.7% whites — 29.3% blacks, while the...
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