ARMSTRONG v. ADAMS

No. 89-1171.

869 F.2d 410 (1989)

Moma Louise ARMSTRONG d/b/a Moma Lou's, Edward L. Wilson, Frederick E. Burgener, Larry Joe Hensley, Deonne Jeneen Stillwell, John Ed Hickey, Brutus Development, Inc., d/b/a John's Liquor, Appellees, v. T.O. ADAMS, Johnny Desalvo, Jim Garrett, Appellant, Harold Bryant, Coy Bryant, Avis Cranford, Ralph W. Bryant, Janelle Bartlett, Appellant, Farrell Bradshaw, Judy Barker, Clyde Ruff, Othello Gordon, Clevalea Charton, Garland G. Jackson, Sharon Quinn, Doris M. Crowder, Melvin Crowder, James H. Gist, Euna Faye Jackson, Louis Charton, Appellants, John Does Nos. 1 through 25; all in their individual and official capacities as Conway County Election Officials, Appellants. Robert S. Moore, Jr., Individually & in his official capacity as Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, Jack Boles, Individually & in his official capacity as Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division, Eudell Huett, Faye Sims, Bill Harwood.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Watson Villiens, II, Conway, Ark., for appellant.

William Wilson, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the settlement of claims, brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973a, 1983, 1985, and 1988, which alleged that various election officials committed fraudulent and racially discriminatory acts in order to influence the outcome of a local option election. A group of "wets" brought this action challenging the election in Conway County, Arkansas on November 4, 1986, which by a narrow margin banned the sale of alcoholic...

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