CROWE v. LUCAS

No. 76-4232.

595 F.2d 985 (1979)

Milburn J. CROWE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Earl S. LUCAS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lawson Holladay, P. J. Townsend, Jr., Drew, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert G. Johnston, Cleveland, Miss., Johnnie Earl Walls, Jr., Greenville, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

In June of 1973, Milburn J. Crowe was defeated in his bid for reelection to the Board of Aldermen of the City of Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Accepting Crowe's assertions of election fraud, the Circuit Court of Bolivar County, Mississippi, subsequently declared the election null and void. Contending that the effect of the Circuit Court order was to reinstate him as an alderman for lack of a duly elected successor, Crowe attended the Mound...

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