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BLAND v. McHANN

No. 30429.

463 F.2d 21 (1972)

Percy BLAND et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert McHANN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Lawyers' Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law, George P. Taylor, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Roger Landrum, W. Scott Welch, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees; Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Miss., of counsel.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 1, 1972.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

In the summer and fall of 1966 Negroes in Edwards, Mississippi engaged in peaceful protests against local merchants and municipal officials because of alleged racial discrimination. In October and November of 1966 the Mayor of Edwards and the Board of Aldermen met to approve the municipal land assessment; the assessment rolls were approved in mid-November. Town records show that...

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