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ROBERTS v. WILLIAMS

No. 28829.

456 F.2d 819 (1972)

Arthur ROBERTS, by his Father and Guardian, Eddie W. Roberts, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. Columbus WILLIAMS, Individually and as Trusty at the Leflore County Farm, et al., Defendants-Cross Appellees, John Arterbury, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied October 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. C. McBee, Bell & McBee, Ulysses A. Smith, W. J. Lipscomb, Robert H. Swanzy, James D. Green and James M. Hooper, Jr., Greenwood, Miss., for cross appellees.

Stanny Sanders, Travis H. Clark, Jr., H. D. Brock, Greenwood, Miss., for John L. Arterbury.

Donald R. Wilson, John J. Haugh, Portland, Or., Martha M. Wood, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Miss., Lawrence D. Ross, Jackson, Miss., for appellee cross-appellant.

Frank Pozzi, Pozzi, Wilson & Atchison, Portland, Or., James Robertson, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Miss., for Arthur Roberts.

Before RIVES and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Judge of the Court of Claims.

Certiorari Denied October 12, 1971. See 92 S.Ct. 83. Addendum April 1, 1972.

NICHOLS, Judge:

This is a civil action for damages with Federal jurisdiction asserted under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, R.S. § 1979, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which reads as follows:

Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or...

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