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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

Civ. A. No. 2866.

265 F.Supp. 703 (1966)

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

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

Order August 11, 1966.

Order of Clarification August 12, 1966.

Second Order of Clarification September 20, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Doar, Washington, D. C., Louis C. LaCour, New Orleans, La., Frank Dunbaugh, David Norman, Washington, D. C., Thomas Smith, D. Robert Owen, Washington, D. C., Martin Glick, for the United States.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Frank L. Dobson, Thomas McFerrin, James E. Phillips, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for the State of Louisiana.

Sidney Provensal, Jr., Edmond Fitzmaurice, Jr., New Orleans, La., for the Governor of Louisiana.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY and WEST, District Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

In October 1963 the United States filed the original complaint challenging the constitutionality of the Louisiana application form as a test or device in determining the qualifications of applicants to register for voting.1 The court heard the case November 30, 1964. Important events affecting the litigation have occurred since then.

In June 1965, the State of Louisiana revised its form of Application for...

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