Source: http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/40613/
Timestamp: 2019-07-24 07:03:59
Document Index: 47427960

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1971', '§ 2281', '§ 2284', '§ 1971', '§ 2281', '§ 2284']

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officials or agents has instituted any action in the United
States District Court for the District of Columbia for
declaratory judgment that said Chapter 613 does not have
the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or
abridging the right to vote, on account of race or color;
nor have they submitted said Chapter 613 to the Attorney
General of the United States in accordance with the requirements
of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
17. The said Chapter 613, and the effect given to it
by the defendants, violates 42 U.S.C. § 1971(a), Section 5 of
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the l4th and 15th Amendments
18. The further effect of said Chapter 613 is to
"freeze" Negroes out of the electorate and therefore violates
the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
19. The purpose and effect of said Chapter 6l3 is to
for the forthcoming general election on November 8, 1966, and
the plaintiffs will be irreparably injured.
21. Plaintiffs have no plain, adequate or complete
remedy at law to redress the wrongs alleged herein, and this
suit for a preliminary and permanent injunction is their only
1.  That pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2281,
with the procedures set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2284;
Page Text » 1 officials or agents has instituted any action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory judgment that said Chapter 613 does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote, on account of race or color; nor have they submitted said Chapter 613 to the Attorney General of the United States in accordance with the requirements of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 17. The said Chapter 613, and the effect given to it by the defendants, violates 42 U.S.C. § 1971(a), Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the l4th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. 18. The further effect of said Chapter 613 is to "freeze" Negroes out of the electorate and therefore violates the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution. 19. The purpose and effect of said Chapter 6l3 is to perpetuate the white political supremacy that has prevailed in the State of Mississippi since prior to 1900. 20. Unless restrained by order of this Court, defendants will continue to give effect to said Chapter 613 and will fail and refuse to accept the qualified petitions of the plaintiffs for the forthcoming general election on November 8, 1966, and the plaintiffs will be irreparably injured. 21. Plaintiffs have no plain, adequate or complete remedy at law to redress the wrongs alleged herein, and this suit for a preliminary and permanent injunction is their only means of securing adequate relief. WHEREFORE, plaintiffs pray: 1. That pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2281, a district court of three judges be convened in accordance with the procedures set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2284; - 6 - _
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