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PEACOCK v. CITY OF GREENWOOD

No. 21655.

347 F.2d 679 (1965)

Willie PEACOCK et al., Appellants, v. The CITY OF GREENWOOD, Mississippi, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Peebles, Bruce Waltzer, Smith, Waltzer, Jones & Peebles, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Arnold F. Gwin, Hardy Lott, Lott & Sanders, Greenwood, Miss., for appellee.

Before WOODBURY, WISDOM, and BELL, Circuit Judges.

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:

This cause arises under the removal statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443. The appeal is from an order of the District Court sustaining the city's motion to remand fourteen criminal cases to the city police court.

The petitions for removal alleged that appellants were arrested in Greenwood, Mississippi, and charged with obstructing public streets in violation of § 2296.5, Mississippi Code of 1942.1

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