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GASTON COUNTY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 2196-66.

288 F.Supp. 678 (1968)

GASTON COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, Gastonia, North Carolina, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

August 16, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grady B. Stott, Gastonia, N. C., and Wesley E. McDonald, Sr., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Asst. Atty. Gen. (at the time the briefs were filed) John Doar and Monica Gallagher and Frank E. Schwelb, Attys., Dept. of Justice, for defendant.

Before WRIGHT and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and GASCH, District Judge.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Gaston County, North Carolina, brought this action pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973 et seq. (Supp. II 1965-66), seeking a declaratory judgment that, during the past five years, no "test or device" within the meaning of the Act has been used in Gaston County for the purpose or with the effect of denying or abridging the right to register to vote or to vote on account of race or color...

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