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UNITED STATES v. WILDER

Civ. A. No. 8695.

222 F.Supp. 749 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America v. Estelle WILDER, Registrar of Voters of Jackson Parish, Louisiana, the State of Louisiana, The Citizens Council of Jackson Parish, Louisiana, G. W. Acklin, et al., Individually and as Members of The Citizens Council of Jackson Parish, Louisiana.

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

October 23, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Kennedy, Atty. Gen., Burke Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Doar, David Norman, Frank M. Dunbaugh, and Richard K. Parsons, Attys., Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., for the Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, La., for the Government.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., of Louisiana, Carroll Buck, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry J. Kron, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Ferdinand A. Cashio, Asst. Atty. Gen., Shreveport, La., Fred L. Jackson, Dist. Atty., for the Second Judicial District, Homer, La., W. Jackson Emmons, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jonesboro, La., Jasper E. Jones, Jones, Blackwell, Chambliss & Hobbs, West Monroe, La., David T. Caldwell, Jonesboro, La., for defendants.

BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. This suit was filed on February 21, 1962, by the Attorney General of the United States under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 1971). The Complaint charged the defendants with acts and practices which have deprived citizens of the United States of the right to register to vote in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, without distinction of race or color.

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