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NASHVILLE I-40 STEERING COMMITTEE v. ELLINGTON

No. 18288.

387 F.2d 179 (1967)

NASHVILLE I-40 STEERING COMMITTEE, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Buford ELLINGTON, Governor, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

As Amended December 26, 1967.

Certiorari Denied January 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg, New York City, and Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for appellants, Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., James M. Nabrit, III, Michael Davidson, Charles H. Jones, Jr., New York City, on the brief.

Milton P. Rice, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for the State, George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Fox, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., on the brief.

Joel Moseley, Asst. Metropolitan Atty., Nashville, Tenn., for the mayor, Neill S. Brown, Director of Law, Nashville, Tenn., on the brief.

Before PHILLIPS, PECK and COMBS, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied January 29, 1968. See 88 S.Ct. 857.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a) (1) from the order of the District Court denying a preliminary injunction to restrain officials of the State of Tennessee from constructing a section of Interstate Highway I-40 along its planned route in North Nashville, which is a predominantly Negro area of Nashville, Tennessee. The section of the proposed highway under attack is approximately...

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