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UNITED STATES v. CRAWFORD

Civ. A. No. 9335.

229 F.Supp. 898 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America v. Joseph Walton CRAWFORD, Registrar of Voters of Red River Parish, Louisiana, and The State of Louisiana.

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

May 25, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Kennedy, Atty. Gen., of the United States. Burke Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Doar, David Norman, Frank Dunbaugh, and Alexander Ross, Attys., United States 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, Baton Rouge, La., Harry J. Kron, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., George T. Anderson, Dist. Atty., Red River Parish, Coushatta, La., for defendants.

BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. This suit was filed on February 18, 1963, 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 Red River Parish, Louisiana, without distinction of race or color.

2. The defendants in this...

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