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RATCLIFF v. COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE

No. 84-1426.

759 F.2d 1183 (1985)

R. Curtis RATCLIFF, Marion C. Havener, and Eugene S. Dumas, individually and on behalf of other citizens and residents of Buncombe County, Appellants, v. COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE, (The), North Carolina, Buncombe County Board of Elections, (The), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Long, Jr. and Steven Warren, Asheville, N.C., for appellants.

Max O. Cogburn, Asheville, N.C. (Roberts, Cogburn, McClure & Williams, Asheville, N.C., on brief) and James Gary Rowe, Asheville, N.C. (Adams, Hendon, Carson & Crow, Asheville, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 alleging violations of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. The plaintiffs are citizens, residents, voters and taxpayers of Buncombe County, North Carolina, who sued Buncombe County and the Buncombe County Board of Elections (defendants) to prevent the defendants from conducting the 1984 county elections and organizing the...

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