United States v. State of Mississippi

TUTTLE, Chief Judge:

This is another suit brought by the United States under the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, seeking to enjoin a Mississippi county registrar from engaging in racially discriminatory acts and practices to deprive Negro citizens of the right to register and vote, without distinction of race or color.

Filed, as it was, in August, 1961, the history of this litigation largely paral-led a similar suit brought in Panola County several months later, in October, 1961. That action was finally terminated in this court when, on May 22nd of this year, we entered an opinion…