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MAXWELL v. SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

No. 26612.

414 F.2d 1065 (1969)

William J. MAXWELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 2, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Hall, Birmingham, Ala., Charles Stephen Ralston, San Francisco, Cal., Norman C. Amaker, James M. Nabrit, III, Jack Greenberg, New York City, for defendants-appellants.

Jerry O. Lorant, John Kopelousos, Lorant, Bouloukos & Kopelousos, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BELL and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and CHOATE, Senior District Judge.

CHOATE, Senior District Judge:

The appellant, defendant below, is a corporation that actively promotes what it considers to be the best interests of Negro citizens. This diversity case arose through a chain of events that began with "peaceful" demonstration and ended with a gunshot wound to an observer, plaintiff below and appellee herein. Plaintiff, proceeding on alternative theories of negligence and "nuisance",1 maintained that defendant...

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