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WILSON v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

No. C-68-D-70.

317 F.Supp. 1299 (1970)

Hugh M. WILSON, Plaintiff, v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Durham County Board of Elections, Person County Board of Elections, and the Orange County Board of Elections, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. North Carolina, Durham Division.

Decided October 8, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Craven, III, of Everett, Everett & Creech, Durham, N. C., for plaintiffs.

James F. Bullock, Varina, N. C., and James L. Blackburn, Raleigh, N. C., for defendant North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Lucius M. Cheshire, of Graham & Cheshire, Hillsborough, N. C., for defendant Orange County Board of Elections.

Robert D. Holleman, Durham, N. C., for defendant Durham County Board of Elections.

Charles B. Wood, Roxboro, N. C., for defendant Person County Board of Elections.

Before WINTER, Circuit Judge, BUTLER, Chief Judge, and GORDON, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GORDON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Hugh M. Wilson, is a resident of Orange County, North Carolina. He has sought to have his name placed on the ballot for the Democratic Party's nomination for state senator from the 11th Senatorial District which is comprised of Orange, Durham and Person Counties.

On January 15, 1968, the Democratic Party Executive Committees of the counties in this senatorial district, by their respective...

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