THOMIE v. DENNARD

No. 30595.

459 F.2d 1037 (1972)

Oscar THOMIE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. B. E. DENNARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Jackson, Macon, Ga., Jack Greenberg, Jonathan Shapiro, Charles S. Ralston, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Manley F. Brown, Macon, Ga., D. P. Hulbert, Tom W. Daniel, Aultman, Hulbert, Buice & Cowart, Perry, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The instant suit was filed on May 22, 1970, as a class action on behalf of plaintiffs and other Negro citizens similarly situated, seeking injunctive relief against pending and future prosecutions pursuant to the parade ordinance of Perry, Georgia and a declaratory judgment that said ordinance was facially unconstitutional as a derogation of plaintiffs' right of free speech.

The district court, after holding a full hearing on the merits of the...

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