MOREAU v. TONRY

No. 76-4230.

554 F.2d 163 (1977)

James A. MOREAU et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Richard A. TONRY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Martzell, New Orleans, La., for Richard A. Tonry.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Kendall L. Vick, Donald B. Ensenat, Asst. Attys. Gen., Barbara S. Bruckner, Staff Atty., New Orleans, La., for Hardy and Edwards.

Bruce C. Reed, Metairie, La., for First Congressional Dist.

Thomas M. McBride, III, Chalmette, La., for John R. Rowley.

Jerald N. Andry, Gilbert V. Andry, III, Gibson Tucker, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG and HILL, Circuit Judges, and KERR, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellee James A. Moreau, unsuccessful primary candidate for the 1976 Democratic nomination for the office of United States Representative from the First Congressional District of Louisiana, brought this civil rights action on behalf of himself and a class, alleging widespread fraud in that primary. Chiefly, appellees sought to nullify that primary and to enjoin the November 1976 general election for that office...

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