Legal Opinion
Hunter Bynum v. T. I. Burns, Sr., 1 Jimmy Best, Jr., and Sandy Tolson Taliaferro, Members of the Lincoln County Election Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1967No. 18704PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas refusing to grant an injunction requiring the members of the Lincoln County Election Commission of Lincoln County, Arkansas, to certify plaintiff as a bona fide candidate for position #3, Justice of the Peace of Gould Township, for the November 8, 1966, election.
The appellant Hunter Bynum is a Negro, 73 years of age, with an eighth grade education. He sought to file his petition as an independent candidate for the Justice of the Peace, position #3, in the…
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