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TAYLOR v. HOWE

No. 99-2282.

225 F.3d 993 (2000)

Willie TAYLOR; Derrick Marshall; Latesa Calloway; Mary Darlen Holmes; Lasaundra Johnson; Loretta Page; Alice Calloway; Stanley Calloway; Bernice Bates; Nikita Calloway; Ruby Coburn; Arnissa Edwards; William Gollin; Grace Page; Kimberly Nathan Warren; and Sharon White, Appellants, v. William HOWE; Mary Freeman; Dixie Carlson, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as Poll Workers; Ruth Trent, in Her Official Capacity as County Clerk for Crittenden County; Lindsey Fairley; Thomas Graham; Nolan Dawson, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as the Members of the Crittenden County Board of Election Commissioners; and Johnny Rogers, in His Individual Capacity, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 31, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Pressman, Lexington, MA, argued, for appellant.

Joseph M. Rogers, West Memphis, AR, argued (Kent Rubens, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, HEANEY, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 arising out of the election difficulties of black citizens in Crittenden County, Arkansas, who attempted to vote, ran for local office, or served as poll watchers for black candidates. The claims all arise out of the election for municipal offices in the small city of Crawfordsville, Arkansas, on November 5, 1996. Sixteen black citizens filed suit against three poll workers, the Crittenden...

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