HARPER v. LEVI

Nos. 73-1766, 73-2035.

520 F.2d 53 (1975)

John Roy HARPER, II, et al. v. Edward H. LEVI, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Appellants (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Jones, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of the bar of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, pro hac vice, with whom Harold H. Tyler, Jr., U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, was on the brief, for appellants.

J. Roger Wollenberg, Washington, D. C., with whom Max O. Truitt, Jr., Timothy N. Black, William T. Lake, and Armand Derfner, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees. Max O. Truitt, Jr., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before BAZELON, and ROBINSON and MacKINNON,


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This case presents issues, never before tendered to this court, concerning executive enforcement of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.1 Appellees2 filed a class action in the District Court seeking review...

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