Legal Opinion
United States v. Leonard C. Duke, Circuit Court Clerk and Registrar, Panola County, Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1964No. 20800PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
When this suit was filed by the United States on October 16, 1961, Panola County, Mississippi, had 7,639 white persons, and 7,250 Negroes of voting age. At least 5,343 white persons were then registered to vote. The only Negro registered to vote in Panola County was R. H. Hightower, 92 years old, who had registered in 1892. This does not tell the whole story, because another Negro, E. H. Holloway, was registered on January 5, 1952, but he is now deceased. Also, after this suit was filed, and before the trial in the court below, one Houston Potts, Jr., was registered in…
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3Cited by47 opinions
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