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BROWN v. RUTTER

Civ. A. No. 820.

139 F.Supp. 679 (1956)

Curlee BROWN, Plaintiff, v. Ross RUTTER, F. H. Trewolia and Floyd Jett, Jury Commissioners of McCracken County, Kentucky; and Russell Jones, Sheriff of Said County, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, at Paducah.

March 22, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Freeland, Paducah, Ky., for plaintiff.

W. Pelham McMurry, Paducah, Ky., for defendants.

SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

This suit was filed February 9, 1955, by the plaintiff Curlee Brown, a member of the Negro race and a citizen and registered voter of McCracken County, Kentucky, a representative of a large class of Negroes, citizens and persons possessing all the legal qualifications for service on the grand and petit juries selected for the County.

The defendants are the three Jury Commissioners and the Sheriff of the County. The Jury Commissioners...

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