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EVERS v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS

Civ. A. No. 4805.

327 F.Supp. 640 (1971)

Charles EVERS et al., Plaintiffs, v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

April 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Iona Slaughter, Frank R. Parker, Jackson, Miss., and John C. Brittain, Jr., Oxford, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Jesse R. Adams, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before CLARK, Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL and NIXON, District Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs bring the present class action suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of newly enacted legislation to alter and amend Mississippi laws governing the qualification of candidates for elective office, the conduct of political campaigns and other procedures for holding elections. The laws enacted are claimed to be violative of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c), Article I, Sections 2...

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