WALLACE v. HOUSE

No. 74-2654.

515 F.2d 619 (1975)

George WALLACE, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J. P. HOUSE, Individually and as Registrar of Voters of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, et al., Defendants, L. W. Davis, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Magee, Ferriday, La., for defendants-appellants.

Robert C. Downing, Asst. Atty. Gen. of La., Dept. of Justice, Monroe, La., W. C. Falkenheiner, Dist. Atty., Vidalia, La., A. Mills McCawley, Sp. Counsel, Shreveport, La., for J. P. House.

Paul H. Kidd, Monroe, La., Stanley A. Halpin, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 29, 1975.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case and a companion case, Perry v. City of Opelousas, 5 Cir. 1975, 515 F.2d 639, also decided today, form another chapter in the long and difficult struggle to ensure equal voting rights for all citizens. In the proceedings below, the district court determined that an all-at-large aldermanic election scheme in a small Louisiana town operated...

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