Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit May 22, 1964, 20800 (United States v. Leonard C. Duke, Circuit Court Clerk and Registrar, Panola County, Mississippi)

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

When this suit was filed by the United States on October 16, 1961, Panola County, Mississippi, had 7,639 white persons, and 7,250 Negroes of voting age. At least 5,343 white persons were then registered to vote. The only Negro registered to vote in Panola County was R. H. Hightower, 92 years old, who had registered in 1892.