DUCKWORTH v. JAMES

No. 7848.

267 F.2d 224 (1959)

W. Fred DUCKWORTH, George R. Abbott, Linwood Perkins, Lawrence C. Page, Lewis L. Layton, Roy B. Martin, Jr., and N. B. Etheridge, as Members of the Council of the City of Norfolk, The Council of the City of Norfolk, and Alex H. Bell, as Treasurer of the City of Norfolk, Appellants, v. Ruth Pendleton JAMES, a minor, etc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard H. Davis and W. R. C. Cocke, Norfolk, Va. (Leigh D. Williams, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Archie L. Boswell, Norfolk, Va., and Edmund D. Campbell, Arlington, Va., for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from an order of the District Court whereby a preliminary injunction was issued against the members of the Council of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, and the Treasurer of the City, restraining them from enforcing or applying the provisions of § 22127.1 of the Code of Virginia as amended by the laws of the Extra Session of the Legislature of Virginia of 1956, c. 67, and also from enforcing or applying the provisions of...

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