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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Civ. A. No. 3312.

229 F.Supp. 925 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI et al., Defendants.

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

Dissenting Opinion March 23, 1964.

Concurring Opinion April 9, 1964.

Probable Jurisdiction Noted June 22, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Kennedy, Atty. Gen. of the U. S., Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., John Doar, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

T. F. Badon, Joe D. Gordon, Liberty, Miss., Joseph Drake, Port Gibson, Miss., Semmes Luckett, Leon Porter, Jr., Chester Curtis, Clarksdale, Miss., Aubrey Bell, Hardy Lott, Greenwood, Miss., J. O. Sams, Jr., William Burgin, Jr., W. H. Jolly, Columbus, Miss., B. D. Statham, Magnolia, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Dugas Shands, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Charles Clark, Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and COX, District Judge.

Probable Jurisdiction Noted June 22, 1964. See 84 S.Ct. 1920.

CAMERON, Circuit Judge:

In this action, the "Indestructible Union" member of the partnership which constitutes the government of this country makes a frontal attack upon the other member, the "Indestructible State" of Mississippi, seeking to enjoin the enforcement of certain laws of the State defining the qualifications of the "electors" who shall vote in elections for president and vice president...

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