MATHEWS v. LITTLE

No. 73-2560.

498 F.2d 1068 (1974)

Ethel Mae MATHEWS, etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim LITTLE, Clerk of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, et al., etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 19, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Webster, Robert N. Dokson, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Henry R. Bauer, Jr., Henry L. Bowden, John E. Dougherty, City of Atlanta, Dept. of Law, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, SIMPSON and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff-appellant Mathews appeals from the dismissal of her action for declaratory and injunctive relief. Her complaint alleged that the Charter provision and ordinance1 of the city of Atlanta imposed unconstitutional burdens upon her access to the ballot as a candidate for the Atlanta City Council. At the time we heard oral argument, several cases pertinent to our...

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