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FOSTER v. SPARKS

No. 73-3732.

506 F.2d 805 (1975)

Catherine FOSTER et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James L. SPARKS et al., etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. King, Herbert E. Phipps, Albany, Ga., Jack Greenberg, Charles S. Ralston, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jesse G. Bowles, Cuthbert, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RIVES, GEWIN and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

On May 26, 1972, five named black and female adult citizens of Quitman County, Georgia, filed this class action in federal district court alleging that various organs of local government in their county, especially the grand and traverse (petit) juries, are so constituted as to discriminate against blacks and females, and that this unconstitutional composition has led to variegated injuries to plaintiffs and to the blacks and females whom...

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