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IN RE HERNDON

No. ___.

394 U.S. 399 (1969)

89 S.Ct. 1107

22 L.Ed.2d 367

IN RE HERNDON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Morgan, Jr., argued the cause for movants. With him on the brief were Reber F. Boult, Jr., Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Robert P. Schwenn, Melvin L. Wulf, and Eleanor Holmes Norton.

Perry Hubbard argued the cause for Herndon. With him on the brief was George A. LeMaistre.

Louis F. Claiborne argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Pollak, Nathan Lewin, and Frank M. Dunbaugh.

PER CURIAM.

The appeal in Hadnott v. Amos, ante, p. 358, decided today, was argued with the motion filed by appellants on November 19, 1968, "for an order to show cause why Judge Herndon should not be held in contempt and for other relief." 393 U.S. 996.

On September 18, 1968, the three-judge court entered a temporary restraining order enjoining appropriate Alabama officials from using any ballots at the general election of November 5, 1968 which...

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