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SMITH v. LADNER

Civ. A. No. 3905.

288 F.Supp. 66 (1968)

James SMITH et al., Plaintiffs, v. Heber LADNER et al., Defendants.

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

August 8, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carsie A. Hall, Jack Young, Edward Tucker, and Jonathan Shapiro, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, and Martin McLendon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and COX and RUSSELL, District Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

This litigation challenges § 5310.1 of the Mississippi Code of 19421 regulating and prescribing the procedure for the issuance of charters to non-profit corporations, as being unconstitutional and void. Specifically, it is alleged that the statute vests unconstitutionally broad discretion in the Governor to grant or deny nonprofit corporate charters. To the extent...

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