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LEWIS v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF TALLADEGA, ALABAMA

No. 25172.

397 F.2d 178 (1968)

Everline LEWIS and Margaret Truss, Appellants, v. The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Peter A. Hall, Birmingham, Ala., Charles H. Jones, Jr., New York City, Gabrielle A. Kirk, Jack Greenberg, Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, for appellants.

Byron D. Boyett, Talladega, Ala., Reid B. Barnes, Birmingham, Ala., for appellees.

Before AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and SINGLETON, District Judge.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, who are Negro tenants of Knoxville Homes, a public housing project of the City of Talladega, Alabama, brought this class action, as plaintiffs, under Rule 23(b) (2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure against the Housing Authority of the City of Talladega, Alabama, and its Executive Director, for declaratory and injunctive relief, to redress the alleged deprivation of constitutional rights under the due process and equal protection...

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