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RAY v. FOREMAN

No. 20694.

441 F.2d 1266 (1971)

James Earl RAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Percy FOREMAN, William Bradford Huie, and Arthur J. Hanes, Sr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Ryan, Memphis, Tenn., for appellant; J. B. Stoner, Savannah, Ga., on brief.

Arthur J. Hanes, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for Arthur J. Hanes, Sr.

Gareth S. Aden, Nashville, Tenn., for Foreman and Huie, John J. Hooker, Nashville, Tenn., on brief, Hooker, Keeble, Dodson & Harris, Nashville, Tenn., of counsel.

Before McCREE, BROOKS and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

James Earl Ray appeals from a District Court judgment dismissing his action for injunctive and declaratory relief against Percy Foreman, William Bradford Huie, and Arthur J. Hanes, Sr.

On March 10, 1969, Ray pleaded guilty in the Shelby County, Tennessee Criminal Court to the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., and was sentenced to 99 years' imprisonment. Defendant Foreman, a member of the Texas bar, was appellant's attorney at the time...

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