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CLARK v. MARENGO CTY.

Civ. A. Nos. 77-445-H, 78-474-H.

469 F.Supp. 1150 (1979)

James CLARK et al., Plaintiffs, v. MARENGO COUNTY et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. MARENGO COUNTY COMMISSION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Alabama, N. D.

April 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Chestnut, Jr., Selma, Ala., for plaintiffs in No. 77-445-H.

Hugh A. Lloyd, Demopolis, Ala., for defendants Marengo County Board of Education, et al.

W. A. Kimbrough, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Gerald W. Jones, Paul F. Hancock, Sheila K. Delaney, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff in No. 78-474-H.

W. W. Dinning, Demopolis, Ala., for defendant J. C. Camp, Chairman of the Marengo County Democratic Exec. Comm.

Edward S. Allen, Birmingham, Ala., for J. Marks Abernathy, Etc.

Cartledge W. Blackwell, Jr., Selma, Ala., for Marengo County, Ala. Commission, et al.

HAND, District Judge.

The first of the above-styled consolidated actions was initiated on August 15, 1977 by the filing of a complaint by Reverend James Clark, Jr., L. O. Hope, Clinton Agee, Teresa McNeal, John Davis, Robert Jones, and Eddie Ayers as purported representatives of a class composed of all black persons in Marengo County, Alabama. The defendants named in this complaint were Marengo County, a political subdivision of the State of Alabama; Sammy Daniels...

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