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DOWDELL v. CITY OF APOPKA, FLORIDA

No. 81-5690.

698 F.2d 1181 (1983)

Faithy DOWDELL, Johnnie Mae Subbs, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. The CITY OF APOPKA, FLORIDA, John H. Land, Mayor of Apopka, et al., their successors and agents, in their individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnie A. McLeod, Apopka, Fla., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Rosalind Gray, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., David Lipman and Robert E. Weisberg, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before VANCE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and JONES, Senior Circuit Judge.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

The situs of this case is the small city of Apopka, Florida located in the fern and foliage growing region north of Orlando. More specifically, it is the poor, geographically separate, black community of that city. The plaintiffs (appellees and cross-appellants here) are a Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(2) class comprising the black residents of Apopka "who are, or have been, subjected to the discriminatory provision of municipal services." The main issues...

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