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KENDRICK v. WALDER

No. 75-1291.

527 F.2d 44 (1975)

Hattie KENDRICK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James WALDER, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Cairo, Illinois et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Munson, Keith C. McDole, Philip C. Stahl, John E. Angle, Chicago, Ill., Michael P. Seng, Cairo, Ill., Gerald J. Muller, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John G. Holland, Cairo, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT and PELL, Circuit Judges.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The question in this appeal concerns pervasive racial discrimination in Cairo, Illinois, allegedly resulting from the use of at-large elections under a commission form of municipal government. Plaintiffs-appellants, black residents of the City of Cairo, filed a class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Defendants are officials...

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