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MATTHEWS v. LEFLORE CTY. BD. OF ELECTION COM'RS

No. GC 76-145-S.

450 F.Supp. 765 (1978)

Fred D. MATTHEWS, David Jordan, James Moore, Alix H. Sanders, O. P. Lowe, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. LEFLORE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, Margaret F. Regelman, Ruby Weirs, Gordon A. Teague, George H. Dulin, James E. Makamson, Members, County Board of Supervisors, Robert Lee Kyles, James D. Green, Hopson Gary, Ray Tribble, James M. Hooper, Jr., Members, Individually and in their official capacities, Leflore County Board of Education, Lee Watts, John E. Hughes, Jr., O. P. Lowe, James I. Lundy, Norman Pruiett, Members, Individually and in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

February 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alix H. Sanders, Greenwood, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Giles W. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., James W. Burgoon, Jr., Fraiser, Burgoon, Henson & Abraham, Greenwood, Miss., for Bd. of Supervisors.

G. Hite McLean, Kimbrough, Kimbrough & McLean, Greenwood, Miss., for Bd. of Ed.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and KEADY and SMITH, District Judges.

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge:

Fred W. Matthews and four other black adult citizens of the United States, citizens, residents and qualified electors of Leflore County, Mississippi, filed a complaint herein on October 26, 1976. Plaintiffs seek to prosecute the suit as a class action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 for themselves and all others similarly situated who (a) are potential candidates for public office in Leflore County, Mississippi; and (b) are qualified electors...

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