ODEN v. BRITTAIN

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396 U.S. 1210 (1969)

90 S.Ct. 4

24 L.Ed.2d 32

ODEN ET AL., v. BRITTAIN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided August 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, and Norman C. Amaker on the application.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK, Circuit Justice.

This is an application presented to me as Circuit Justice for an injunction to prevent the City of Anniston, Alabama, from holding a local election on September 2, 1969—merely a few days from now—to select five members of a newly formed city council in accordance with a state law which authorizes Anniston to change from a commission to a council-manager form of government. See City Manager Act of 1953, Ala. Code App...

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