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LANG v. CONE

No. 76-1096.

542 F.2d 751 (1976)

A. C. LANG and Curtis Lang, Appellants, v. Marshall CONE and Tom Magness, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Howard, Jr., Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellants; Jack Greenberg and Charles E. Williams, III, New York City, on brief.

John A. Davis, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellees.

Before STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge, MARKEY, Chief Judge, and HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

A. C. Lang and his brother, Curtis Lang, who are black, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas dismissing their civil rights complaint against Marshall Cone and Tom Magness who in 1972 were white members of the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Police Department. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the district court.

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