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HENDERSON v. ASCS, MACON COUNTY, ALABAMA

Civ. A. No. 771-E.

317 F.Supp. 430 (1970)

James H. M. HENDERSON, Anthony T. Reid, Otis Pinkard, Lonnie Hooks, Oscar L. Downs, R. V. Harris, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and the Alabama Council on Human Relations, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. ASCS, MACON COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, E. D.

Decree September 18, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon S. Seay, and Fred D. Gray, Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., and F. E. Leonard, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

This is a class action challenging the validity of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (hereinafter ASCS) community and county committee elections for the years 1967 and 1969 in Macon County, Alabama.1 Plaintiffs, who represent Negro farm owners, tenants and sharecroppers eligible to participate in ASCS elections in Macon County, allege that defendants have discriminated...

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