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CATO v. STATE OF GEORGIA

Civ. A. No. 12353.

302 F.Supp. 1143 (1969)

Charlie CATO, Dorothy Jean Johnson, Walter Bolden, Ida Stanley Adamson, Ned Walker, William Howard Cross, Jeanette Clara Cross, Laura Rose Spinks, and Sandra Jacqueline Shaw, Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF GEORGIA and Major Barney Ragsdale, Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Jeff C. Wayne, Solicitor, General of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit, Comprising Hall County, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

June 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley R. Asinof and Charles R. Smith, Ariel V. Conlin, Atlanta, Ga., Robert B. Thompson, Gainesville, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Marion O. Gordon, Mathew Robins, Asst. Attys. Gen., Hinson McAuliffe, Sol. Gen., State of Ga., Atlanta, Ga., for State of Ga. and Major Barney Ragsdale.

Before BELL, Circuit Judge, and EDENFIELD and HENDERSON, District Judges.

OPINION AND ORDER

BELL, Circuit Judge:

Complainants, with the exception of Walker, are under indictment or accusation in the state courts of Georgia for the misdemeanor offense of operating a lottery. Walker was arrested for the same offense, and released on bond. He has not been indicted, nor has a criminal accusation been filed against him.

Their complaint, with the exception of that of Walker, is that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, acting...

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