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SAXON v. FIELDING

No. 79-2696 Summary Calendar.

614 F.2d 78 (1980)

John W. SAXON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jasper FIELDING et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Ray Acton, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Maury Smith, David R. Boyd, Montgomery, Ala., for Jasper Fielding, and William Evans.

Before RONEY, KRAVITCH and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

This is a suit seeking to annul a state election and asking that a new election be ordered. The plaintiffs are the losing candidate for county sheriff and someone who voted for him, and they filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court ruled in favor of the defendants after finding that, despite some technical irregularities, the election had been fair and that no one had been prevented from voting as they desired. The district court...

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