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BURTON v. CLARKSDALE POLICE DEPT.

No. DC 76-27-S.

488 F.Supp. 88 (1980)

Jesse L. BURTON, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. CLARKSDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT, L. M. Collins, Chief of Police; City of Clarksdale, Richard Webster, Mayor; Clarksdale Civil Service Commission, Joseph Gibbs, Chairman of Civil Service Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Delta Division.

January 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., McTeer, Walls, Bailey & Buck, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiff.

David Hunt, Sullivan, Smith, Hunt & Vickery, Clarksdale, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

The action sub judice was submitted to the court at a non-jury trial held at the United States Post Office and Courthouse in Clarksdale, Mississippi, on October 24 and 25, 1979. The action is now ripe for decision.

Plaintiff, Jesse L. Burton (hereafter "Burton") is a member of the police force of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi. He commenced the...

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