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PALMER v. THOMPSON

No. 23841.

391 F.2d 324 (1967)

Hazel PALMER et al., Appellants, v. Allen C. THOMPSON, Mayor, City of Jackson et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. H. Rosenthal, Jackson, Miss., Paul A. Rosen, Detroit, Mich., for appellants.

Thomas H. Watkins, E. W. Stennett, Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Before RIVES, COLEMAN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Twelve Negro citizens and residents of Jackson, Mississippi, on their own behalf and "on behalf of the thousands of their fellow Negro citizens and residents * * * who are similarly situated because of race and color," filed a complaint against the Mayor and Commissioners of Jackson, its Police Chief, and its Director of Recreation, seeking to enjoin their allegedly discriminatory conduct. After joinder of issue and the filing of affidavits and...

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