MADISON v. WOOD

No. 18615.

410 F.2d 564 (1969)

Dred Scott MADISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marie WOOD, Manley E. Brown, J. Warren Eardley, Evangeline Lamberts, Joseph Van Dyke, George Bean, William Johnson, Harry Faber, Francis Pierce, Henry B. Nabers, the City of Grand Rapids and the Civil Service Board of the City of Grand Rapids, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallson G. Knack, Grand Rapids, Mich., for appellant; Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., on brief.

Wendell A. Miles, Grand Rapids, Mich., for appellees; Steven L. Dykema, City Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., James R. Brown, Dutchess, Mika, Miles, Meyers & Beckett, Grand Rapids, Mich., on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, CELEBREZZE and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant instituted an action against Appellees in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan under the Civil Rights Act, Sections 1983 and 1985 of Title 42 U.S.C. He alleged that he was a member of the City of Grand Rapids Police Department and that Appellees wrongfully deprived him of certain rights arising under the Fourteenth Amendment by demoting him from Sergeant to Patrolman on July 16, 1962, because he...

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