Legal Opinion
United States v. McElveen
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 11, 1960No. Civ. A. 9146PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
In the spring of 1959 the Citizens Council, professing a purpose to purge the registration rolls of Washington Parish, Louisiana, of all persons illegally registered, succeeded in disenfranchising 85% of the Negro voters of the Parish and 0.07 % of the white. The United States in this action charges that this profession of high purpose was a fraud designed to deny Negro citizens the right to vote. Made defendants and charged with conspiring with the Citizens’ Council are several members of the Council and the Registrar of Voters for Washington Parish.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Terry v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Hannah v. LarcheSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- State of Alabama v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Carl L. Baldwin and Alexinia Baldwin v. J. W. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Albert C. Toney v. N. A. White, United States of America v. Myrtis BishopCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. PentonDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1962
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