Albert C. TONEY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
N. A. WHITE et al., Defendants-Appellants.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Myrtis BISHOP et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 3, 1973.
December 3, 1973.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John T. Seale, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tallulah, La., for defendants-appellants.
George M. Strickler, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La., for Toney and others.
J. Stanley Pottinger, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, David L. Norman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, M. Karl Shurtliff, Gerald W. Jones, Attys., Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Donald E. Walter, U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for U. S.
Lloyd N. Cutler, David S. Tatel, Washington, D. C., Herman Wilson, Jackson, Miss., for amicus curiae — Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, etc.
Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
BELL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises out of suits filed to set aside the results of a Democratic primary election on the basis of discriminatory conduct against black voters by the Voter Registrar.1 The primary was conducted on April 4, 1970 in Tallulah, Louisiana, for Mayor, Town Marshall, Members of the Board of Aldermen, and Members of the Democratic Executive Committee. The black candidate for the office of Town Marshall was successful...
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