Legal Opinion
Davis v. Gallinghouse
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 30, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 15910-BPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.
On August 6, 1965, the President signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-110). On August 11, 1965, A. P. (Tim) Gallinghouse, Registrar of Voters of Orleans Parish (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the ■“Registrar”) announced that his office would begin complying with the Voting Rights Act; at the same time he filed suit challenging the constitutionality of that act.1
In the present suit, filed August 31, 1965, plaintiffs, allegedly representing all Negroes qualified to register to vote in Orleans Parish, level a shotgun complaint at the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Lane v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Louisiana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Shultz v. Arnheim & Neely, Inc.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
- Fontham v. McKeithenDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
- Fontham v. McKeithenDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971