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DRAYTON v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG

No. 75-128 Civ.-T-H.

477 F.Supp. 846 (1979)

Kenneth DRAYTON, Alfred A. Smith, Wallace Gipson and Mary Hannan, Individually and as representatives of a class similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a municipal corporation, Zelma Greenway, as Fire Chief and Mack M. Vines, as Chief of Police, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Tampa Division.

Supplemental Opinion September 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris W. Milton, St. Petersburg, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Thomas C. Wright, Jr., St. Petersburg, Fla., and Richard A. Luce, Seminole, Fla., Asst. City Attys., for defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HODGES, District Judge.

This is a class action instituted by the named Plaintiffs pursuant to Rule 23, Fed. R.Civ.P. The Defendants are the City of St. Petersburg, its Fire Chief (Defendant Greenway), and its Chief of Police (Defendant Vines).

The claim asserted is that the Defendants have discriminated against the Plaintiffs, as black persons, and the class they represent, by denying employment on the basis...

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