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LEFTON v. CITY OF HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI

No. 21441.

333 F.2d 280 (1964)

Michael LEFTON et al., Petitioners, v. The CITY OF HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 5, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Waltzer, Benjamin E. Smith, New Orleans, La., William M. Kunstler, Arthur Kinoy, New York City, Jack Peebles, New Orleans, La., for petitioners.

Before RIVES, BELL and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This proceeding involves the access of litigants to the federal courts. Over forty defendants in criminal prosecutions in a state court of Mississippi seek to remove the causes into the United States District Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1446. The clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, acting under local court rules, refuses to accept for filing the single removal petition covering all 40...

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