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TOPOREK v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ELECTION COM'N

Civ. A. Nos. 72-1225, 72-1256.

362 F.Supp. 613 (1973)

Robert TOPOREK, Plaintiff, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, et al., Defendants, O. T. Wallace, Chairman, Executive Committee, Charleston County Democratic Party, and Donald Fowler, Chairman, Executive Committee, South Carolina Democratic Party, Intervenors. John Roy HARPER, II, Individually and as Chairman of the United Citizens Party of South Carolina, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John C. WEST, Governor of the State of South Carolina, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

Decided January 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Epstein, Charleston, S. C., for plaintiff.

Daniel McLeod and Hardwick Stuart, Jr., Columbia, S. C., for defendants.

Coming Ball Gibbs, Jr., and John Graham Altman, III, Charleston, S. C., for intervenors.

John Roy Harper, II, Columbia, S. C., Mordecai Johnson, Florence, S. C., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Hardwick Stuart, Randall T. Bell, Columbia, S. C., for defendants.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and BLATT, District Judge.

OPINION AND ORDER

BLATT, District Judge:

In the above entitled actions, which were consolidated by this court, and which are generally cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiffs each sought an Order of this court directing the South Carolina Election Commission and/or several county election commissions to place the names of various aspirants for public office on the ballot for the November 7, 1972, general election.

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