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NEVETT v. SIDES

No. 75-1864.

533 F.2d 1361 (1976)

Reverend Charles H. NEVETT et al., Individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross Appellants, v. Lawrence G. SIDES, Individually, and in his capacity as Mayor of Fairfield, Alabama, et al., Defendants-Appellants Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Parsons, Fairfield, Ala., Reid B. Barnes, Charles C. Pinckney, Birmingham, Ala., Wm. J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., James S. Ward, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellants cross appellees.

Wm. M. Dawson, Jr., Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees cross appellants.

Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

Three black citizens who presently reside in Fairfield, Alabama, brought this action on behalf of themselves and all other black citizens residing in Fairfield. The defendants are the City of Fairfield, a municipal corporation, the Mayor of Fairfield, the members of the Fairfield City Council, the City Clerk, and the State Attorney General. The plaintiffs charge that, as applied, the state statute which governs municipal elections in Fairfield...

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