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ROBINSON v. POTTINGER

No. 74-3486.

512 F.2d 775 (1975)

Jim ROBINSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J. Stanley POTTINGER, Asst. Attorney General of the United States of America et al., Defendants, William P. Nunn et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Gordon, Montgomery, Ala., for intervenor-appellant.

Joseph D. Phelps, Charles A. Stakely, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for Robinson and others.

Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., Kenneth E. Vines, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Gerald W. Jones, Marie Klimesz, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Pottinger and others.

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for Charles Varner, Jr.

Before GEWIN, BELL and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The only issue presented on this appeal is whether Act 618, Acts of Alabama, Regular Session 1973, commonly known as the Mayor-Council Act of 1973, is a general act of local application and therefore valid, or a local law and therefore invalid because it was not advertised as such pursuant to state constitutional and statutory provisions. We affirm the judgment of the district court holding that the Act is a general law of local application and is constitutional...

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