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McMEANS v. MAYOR'S COURT, FORT DEPOSIT, ALABAMA

Cr. No. 11759-N.

247 F.Supp. 606 (1965)

John L. McMEANS et al., Petitioners, v. MAYOR'S COURT, FORT DEPOSIT, ALABAMA, Justice of the Peace Court, Fort Deposit, Alabama, City of Fort Deposit, Alabama, and State of Alabama, Respondents.

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

September 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Hall, Birmingham, Ala., Jack Greenberg, Norman C. Amaker and Charles H. Jones, New York City, for petitioners.

Robert Steiner, Montgomery, Ala., and William Hamilton, Greenville, Ala., for Mayor's Court and City of Fort Deposit, Alabama.

JOHNSON, District Judge.

Each of the petitioners in this case was arrested on August 14, 1965, by police officers or county deputy sheriffs in the Town of Fort Deposit, Alabama. Each of the petitioners, with the exception of Christopher Wylie and Stokely Carmichael, was arrested and charged with violating an ordinance regulating parades and demonstrations on the streets of Fort Deposit, Alabama; a copy of this ordinance is attached as Appendix A. The petitioners Carmichael...

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