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SCOTT v. DAVIS

No. 25518.

404 F.2d 1373 (1968)

Eddie SCOTT et al., Appellants, v. L. W. (Woody) DAVIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Sobol, New Orleans, La., Alvin J. Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., John D. Hawke, Jr., Washington, D. C., Collins, Douglas & Elie, New Orleans, La., for appellants; Anthony G. Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Norman Magee, Ferriday, La., Roy S. Halcomb, Ferriday, La., for appellee; Evylen P. Cole, Ferriday, La., of counsel.

Before COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action for declaratory and injunctive relief, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983.1 Plaintiffs seek a judgment that defendant, in exercising his control over the enforcement of municipal and state criminal law in Ferriday, Louisiana, has acted and has refused to act in such a manner as to deprive plaintiffs and persons similarly situated of rights...

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