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KIRKLAND v. WALLACE

No. 24296.

403 F.2d 413 (1968)

Adell KIRKLAND, as mother and next friend of Libbie Kirkland, an infant, et al., Appellants, v. George C. WALLACE, as Governor of the State of Alabama, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 22, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin J. Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., Donald A. Jelinek, Selma, Ala., for appellants.

Gordon Madison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, THORNBERRY and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Kirkland, a 16-year old Negro resident, and appellants Tyler and Felber, white civil rights workers, were arrested while distributing leaflets upon a public sidewalk in Eutaw, Alabama, on July 9, 1966. The leaflets concerned alleged discriminatory employment practices of local businesses and urged members of the Negro community to trade only with those merchants who hired Negroes.1 Appellants were charged...

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