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WILLIAMS v. McCULLEY

Civ. A. No. 4541.

128 F.Supp. 897 (1955)

Sherman WILLIAMS et al. v. James H. McCULLEY, Registrar of Voters, Rapides Parish.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Alexandria Division.

January 3, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Berry, Alexandria, La., for plaintiffs.

Grove Stafford, J. Charles Burden, Alexandria, La., Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, for defendant.

Before HOLMES, Circuit Judge, DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.

HUNTER, District Judge.

This suit for declaratory judgment, damages and injunctive relief was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by Sherman Williams and four other Negroes, all residents of Rapides Parish, Louisiana. This action is brought as a class action. Plaintiffs allege that registration is a prerequisite of the right of a citizen to vote in any election—federal, state or local. The contention is that plaintiffs...

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