Larry Pettengill v. Putnam County R-1 School District, Unionville, Missouri

The appellants, property owners and residents of the Putnam County R-l Reorganized School District of Putnam County, Missouri, brought an action in Federal District Court in their own behalf and on behalf of all those similarly situated to set aside a school bond election held by the appellee-school district on October 19, 1971. Appellants contended that certain election irregularities deprived them of their right to a fundamentally fair election and of their right to have their votes undiluted by illegal votes east in the election, and that these irregularities subject the property of…