Frazier v. Callicutt

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

After three evidentiary hearings before two different judges, these cases are now before this court for a decision on the merits. By way of introduction, a brief description of the prior proceedings is perhaps warranted.

Frazier v. Callicutt, WC 73-77-S commenced on October 11, 1972 with the filing of complaint by Leroy Frazier and seven other named plaintiffs against Edwin W. Callicutt, the circuit clerk and registrar of Marshall County, Mississippi, and five named members of the board of election commissioners of Marshall County (board…