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LEONARD v. CITY OF COLUMBUS

No. 75-2344.

551 F.2d 974 (1977)

Robert LEONARD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF COLUMBUS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted July 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Gora, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, Ellen Leitzer, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Ga., Inc., Margie Pitts Hames, Neil Bradley, Atlanta, Ga., Melvin L. Wulf, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lennie F. Davis, City. Atty., E. H. Polleys, Jr., Asst. City Atty., Columbus, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Granted July 1, 1977.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

Robert Leonard and thirty-seven others filed this action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, June 18, 1971, seeking declaratory relief, equitable relief, and damages. As originally cast, the suit alleged that the defendants engaged in certain racially discriminatory employment practices. At the pre-trial conference, however, the suit was radically narrowed,...

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