United States v. State of Alabama

JOHNSON, District Judge.

This is an action by the United States, as plaintiff, against Grady Rogers and E. P. Livingston — each as a member of the Board of Registrars of Macon County, Alabama — The Board of Registrars of Macon County, Alabama, and the State of Alabama, as defendants.

The action is brought under Part IY of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (P.L. 85-315, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971(c) 1 to obtain preventive relief against acts and practices by the named defendants which deprive other persons of rights and privileges secured by § 1971(a) of Title 42 U.S.C.A., namely, the right and privilege of…