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CANTWELL v. HUDNUT

Nos. 76-2076, 76-2077.

566 F.2d 30 (1977)

Paul CANTWELL, Glen Howard and Rozelle Boyd, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William H. HUDNUT, III, Mayor of Indianapolis, Joyce Brinkman, George Tintera, Alan Kimbell and Paula Hart, Members of the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council, Defendants-Appellants. Paul CANTWELL, Glen Howard and Rozelle Boyd, Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellants, v. William H. HUDNUT, III, Mayor of Indianapolis, Joyce Brinkman, George Tintera, Alan Kimbell and Paula Hart, Members of the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council, Defendants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1977.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Ice, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

Edward O. Delaney, Theodore R. Boehm, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and TONE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied February 15, 1978.

TONE, Circuit Judge.

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