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UNITED STATES v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 73.

380 U.S. 128 (1965)

85 S.Ct. 808

13 L.Ed.2d 717

UNITED STATES v. MISSISSIPPI ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 8, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Cox argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Marshall, Louis F. Claiborne, Harold H. Greene, David Rubin, Howard A. Glickstein and J. Harold Flannery.

Charles Clark, Special Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the briefs were Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, Dugas Shands, Assistant Attorney General. P. M. Stockett, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Aubrey Bell.

Francis Biddle, Norman Dorsen and Melvin L. Wulf filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The United States by the Attorney General brought this action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division, against the State of Mississippi, the three members of the Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners, and six county Registrars of Voters. The complaint charged that the defendants and their agents had engaged and, unless restrained, would continue...

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