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CARRACTER v. MORGAN

No. 71-2175.

491 F.2d 458 (1973)

Edwin CARRACTER and John C. Butler, Appellants, v. Walter MORGAN et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin McDonald, Columbia, S. C., Charles Morgan, Jr., and Norman Siegel, Atlanta, Ga., on brief, for appellants.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. of S. C., and Joseph C. Coleman, Deputy Atty. Gen. of S. C., on brief, for appellees.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

On April 2, 1971, Edwin Carracter and John Butler commenced this action by filing their complaint and motion for preliminary injunction in the Columbia Division of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. The complaint alleged racial discrimination in the operation of the Edgefield County chain gang and in the County chain gangs throughout South Carolina. Plaintiffs Carracter and Butler sued not only on their own...

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