WILKERSON v. MESKILL

No. 931, Docket 73-2064.

501 F.2d 297 (1974)

Charles L. WILKERSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas J. MESKILL, Governor of the State of Connecticut, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Gallant, Hartford, Conn. (Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, and Barry Scheinberg, Michael Sucoll and Robert Sattin, Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bernard F. McGovern, Jr., Asst. State Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Robert K. Killian, Atty. Gen. of Conn., F. Michael Ahern and David J. Della-Bitta, Asst. Attys. Gen., Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before MOORE and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal taken from the dismissal of a class action based on the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970). Appellants, a class consisting of Connecticut State troopers, sought an accounting and an injunction ordering the return to them by the State of funds allegedly improperly withheld. Appellees are various Connecticut State officials, sued in their governmental capacities.

The dispute centers around a period of two years, June...

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