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DAVIS v. GALLINGHOUSE

Civ. A. No. 15910-B.

246 F.Supp. 208 (1965)

Reverend A. L. DAVIS, Earline Nealey and Caleb Hadley, and all Negroes Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. A. P. GALLINGHOUSE, Registrar of Voters of the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, Honorable John J. McKeithen, Governor of Louisiana, and the Board of Registration of the State of Louisiana, Comprised of Honorable John J. McKeithen, Governor of Louisiana, Vail M. Delony, Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and C. C. "Taddy" Aycock, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Louisiana, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

September 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Collins, Collins, Douglas & Elie, New Orleans, La., James M. Shellow, Shellow & Shellow, Milwaukee, Wis., Earl J. Amedee, New Orleans, La., John M. Darrah, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Sidney W. Provensal, Jr., Cahn & Provensal, Joseph J. Laura, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant A. P. Galling-house.

William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants Honorable John J. McKeithen and the Board of Registration of State of Louisiana.

FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.

On August 6, 1965, the President signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-110). On August 11, 1965, A. P. (Tim) Gallinghouse, Registrar of Voters of Orleans Parish (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Registrar") announced that his office would begin complying with the Voting Rights Act; at the same time he filed suit challenging the constitutionality of that act.1

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