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Maddox v. Fortson

U.S.
Mar 2, 1970
397 U.S. 149 (1970)

Opinion

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA

No. 1181.

Decided March 2, 1970

226 Ga. 71, 172 S.E.2d 595, appeal dismissed and certiorari denied.

Tully M. Bond, Jr., and T. Malone Sharpe for appellants.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, pro se, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, and William L. Harper and Robert J. Castellani, Assistant Attorneys General, for Fortson et al.; Lamar W. Sizemore for Gray et al., and William C. O'Kelley and Earl J. Van Gerpen for the Republican Party of Georgia et al., appellees.


The motions to dismiss are granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for a writ of certiorari, certiorari is denied.


Summaries of

Maddox v. Fortson

U.S.
Mar 2, 1970
397 U.S. 149 (1970)
Case details for

Maddox v. Fortson

Case Details

Full title:MADDOX ET AL. v . FORTSON ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Mar 2, 1970

Citations

397 U.S. 149 (1970)

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