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DARBY v. DANIEL

Civ. A. 2748.

168 F.Supp. 170 (1958)

H. D. DARBY, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. James DANIEL, Circuit Clerk of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, and Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

November 6, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jess Brown, Vicksburg, Miss., Robt. L. Carter, New York City, Constance B. Motley and Thurgood Marshall, New York City, for plaintiffs.

R. G. Livingston, Prentiss, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Dugas Shands and John H. Price, Jr., Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for defendants.

Before CAMERON, Circuit Judge, and MIZE and CLAYTON, District Judges.

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The case before us, with some of the facts, is thus stated in plaintiff's brief: "This is an action for a declaratory judgment and injunction brought by plaintiff on behalf of himself and others similarly situated. The gravamen of plaintiff's complaint is that he and other Negro citizens of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi have been denied the right to register in order that they might vote,...

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