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UNITED STATES v. ATKINS

Civ. A. No. 2584.

210 F.Supp. 441 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Victor B. ATKINS, Aubrey C. Allen, and Joseph Bibb, Registrars of Voters of Dallas County, Alabama; and State of Alabama, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Alabama, N. D.

November 15, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Doar, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Vernol R. Jansen, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff.

Leslie Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gordon Madison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., Blanchard McLeod, State Solicitor, Camden, Ala., McLean Pitts, Selma, Ala., for defendants.

DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, District Judge.

This suit was filed in March 1961 under the Civil Rights Act of 1957 as amended (42 U.S.C. § 1971). The complaint seeking injunctive relief charged the State of Alabama and the Board of Registrars of Dallas County, Alabama, with having engaged in racially discriminatory acts and practices in the registration of voters. At the time the suit was filed, J. P. Majors was the only member of the Board of Registrars of Dallas...

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