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ARRINGTON v. CITY OF FAIRFIELD, ALABAMA

No. 26781.

414 F.2d 687 (1969)

Ed ARRINGTON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF FAIRFIELD, ALABAMA et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 7, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demetrius C. Newton, Birmingham, Ala., Charles H. Jones, Jr., Cambridge, Mass., Michael Davidson, Jonathan Shapiro, Jack Greenberg, New York City, for appellants.

Frank B. Parsons, City Atty., Fairfield, Ala., J. Clewis Trucks, Fairfield, Ala., for appellees Fairfield, Alabama Housing Authority, Mrs. Wilma Andrews, in her capacity as Director, and C. J. Donald.

Kenneth Perrine, Birmingham, Ala., Leader, Tenenbaum, Perrine & Swedlaw, for Engel Realty Co.

James W. May, Corretti, Newsom, Rogers & May, Douglas P. Corretti, Birmingham, Ala., as amicus curiae of Birmingham Bd. of Realtors, Inc.

Before COLEMAN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and SCOTT, District Judge.

SCOTT, District Judge:

This is a class action in equity by Negro residents of the Englewood section of Fairfield, Alabama, seeking an injunction to prohibit the City of Fairfield and Engel Realty Company from displacing them from their residences and their consequent removal from the City of Fairfield in the absence of adequate relocation housing in the City of Fairfield. Plaintiffs' complaint was dismissed by the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama...

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