GARTRELL v. KNIGHT

Civ. A. No. 82-G-1694-S.

546 F.Supp. 449 (1982)

Luther S. GARTRELL, III, and Willie Oscar Woods, Sr., Plaintiffs, v. James R. KNIGHT, as Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama; Don Siegelman, as Secretary of State of Alabama; and the Honorable Wallace W. Wyatt, as Probate Judge of St. Clair County, Alabama, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Alabama, S. D.

September 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. David Christy, Johnson & Johnson, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant Knight.

Redding C. Pitt, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant Don Siegelman.

Billy Church, Pell City, Ala., for defendant Wallace W. Wyatt.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

GUIN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs came before this court on a motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent the exclusion of Luther Gartrell from the September 7, 1982, Democratic Party primary election. The court granted the restraining order, and, with the consent of all parties to the dispute, extended the original order for ten days. The court presently considers the motion for a preliminary...

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