Legal Opinion
Hadnott v. Amos
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided October 19, 1970No. Civ. A. 2757-N, 3171-NPublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
The numerous issues in these consolidated cases concern elections and voting.
In Hadnott v. Amos, No. 2757-N, plaintiffs challenge the action of Mabel S. Amos, as Secretary of State of the State of Alabama, in accepting for filing, for use on election ballots, party emblems that are so like the emblem earlier filed by the predominantly black National Democratic Party of Alabama (NDPA) as to be likely to mislead the voters. The plaintiffs also challenge as unconstitutional provisions of the Alabama Constitution and Alabama statutes requiring that a state circuit judge…
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