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URBAN CONTRS. ALLIANCE OF ST. LOUIS v. BI-STATE DEVELOP. AGCY.

No. 75-1092.

531 F.2d 877 (1976)

URBAN CONTRACTORS ALLIANCE OF ST. LOUIS et al., Appellants, v. BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Rutherford, Clayton, Mo., for appellees.

William I. Rutherford, John Fox Arnold, Kenneth C. Brostron, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees Bi-State Development Agency, Bi-State Transit System, James E. Terry, Fred D. Beuckman, William Dothit, Roy J. May, Edwin B. Meissner, Jr., Carmen Moody, Mrs. William G. Phillips, Macler C. Shepard and Ralph Walker.

Donald J. Stohr, U. S. Atty., and Jean C. Hamilton, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee, Secretary of the Dept. of Transp.

Donald J. Stohr, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., amicus curiae, Dept. of Transp.

Elbert Dorsey and Charles L. Bussey, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, Retired, LAY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought to correct alleged racial inequality in the administration of bus service in St. Louis and its Illinois and Missouri suburbs. In the trial court, defendants' motions for summary judgment and dismissal of the complaint were granted and plaintiffs appeal those dispositions. We conclude that the federal district court had no jurisdiction over the cause stated, and dismissal was necessary for that reason.

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