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LITTLETON v. BERBLING

No. 71-1395.

468 F.2d 389 (1972)

Ezell LITTLETON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Peyton BERBLING, individually and as State's Attorney for Alexander County, Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1972.

Stay Granted December 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bleveans, Cairo, Ill., Alan M. Wiseman, James B. O'Shaughnessy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John M. Ferguson, Harold G. Baker, Jr., Belleville, Ill., William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Francis T. Crowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, PELL, Circuit Judge, and DILLIN, District Judge.

Stay Granted December 11, 1972. See 93 S.Ct. 547.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a dismissal by the district court of plaintiffs' amended complaint. Plaintiffs brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985, seeking, in addition to damages, injunctive relief for claimed deprivations, under color of law, custom and usage of Cairo, and Alexander County, Illinois, of various rights and immunities secured to plaintiffs and...

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