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GREENE v. CITY OF MEMPHIS

Nos. 78-1527, 78-1528.

610 F.2d 395 (1979)

N. T. GREENE, Plaintiff-Appellant (78-1527), Elnora Priest Cross, Edwin Owens and Carolyn Burse (78-1528), Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, Wyeth Chandler, the Council of the City of Memphis and Edwin McBrayer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. T. Greene, pro se.

Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr., National Conference of Black Lawyers, Oxford, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael C. Speros, Charles V. Holmes, Asst. City Attys., for defendants-appellees in both cases.

Clifford D. Pierce, Jr., City Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellees in No. 78-1527.

A. C. Wharton, Jr., Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc., Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-intervenors-appellants.

Before CELEBREZZE, ENGEL and KEITH, Circuit Judges.

ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

This litigation arises out of efforts by the residents of Hein Park, a subdivision located in Memphis, Tennessee, to close West Drive at its northerly end so as to bar all through traffic.1 As found by the district court, Hein Park

was developed well before World War II as an exclusive residential neighborhood for white citizens and these characteristics have been maintained. To the west of Hein Park is the...

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