United States v. John Q. Wood

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1961-11-30

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RIVES, Circuit Judge. The United States appeals from the denial of a temporary restraining order pending a hearing for a preliminary injunction. 1 The Government seeks to restrain the defendants from prosecuting one John Hardy, a Negro, before a Justice of the Peace in Walthall County, Mississippi. The case was filed in the Southern District of Mississippi under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, <span…

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