BEARE v. BRISCOE

No. 71-1924.

498 F.2d 244 (1974)

Jimmy F. BEARE et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dolph BRISCOE, Governor of Texas, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. O. Shultz, II, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Tex., Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Austin, Tex., Franklin Smith, Nueces County Atty., Nueces County, Edwin Prichard, Asst. County Atty., Corpus Christi, Tex., James C. McCoy, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Tex., Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

David Yancey White, Edwards & De Anda, William Edwards, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and AINSWORTH and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is one of the relatively rare situations in which the Court of Appeals is required to review the decision of a three-judge District Court.1 The District Court held that the Texas constitutional2 and statutory3 provisions which established a system of annual voter registration during a specified time imposed an impermissible...

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