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ANDERSON v. MARTIN

Civ. A. No. 2623.

206 F.Supp. 700 (1962)

Dupuy H. ANDERSON and Acie J. Belton, Complainants, v. Wade O. MARTIN, Jr., Defendant.

United States District Court D. Louisiana.

June 29, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie A. Jones, Murphy W. Bell, Bruce A. Bell, Leonard P. Avery, Samuel Dickens, Baton Rouge, La., Wilmon L. Richardson, Pascagoula, Miss., Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, Michael Meltsner, New York City, of counsel, for complainants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Carroll Buck, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry Fuller, Second Asst. Atty. Gen., Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas W. McFerrin, Special Counsel, for defendant.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and WEST and ELLIS, District Judges.

WEST, District Judge.

In 1960 the Louisiana Legislature enacted legislation requiring the Secretary of State to place a racial designation over the name of every candidate on the ballot in the primary or general election.1 Under the statute the candidate must place his name and racial designation on his certificate of candidacy and the Secretary of State uses that information in preparing the ballot. The designation applies to all candidates...

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