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UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA v. McGOVERN

No. 78-3034.

621 F.2d 152 (1980)

UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA and Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James L. McGOVERN, former special agent in charge, Birmingham office of Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Edmond Mays, Decatur, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. R. Brooks, U.S. Atty., Henry I. Frohsin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., Edward Christenberry, Robert E. Kopp, Katherine S. Gruenheck, Patricia G. Reeves, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., App. Staff, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, ANDERSON and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The United Klans of America, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (hereinafter referred to as Klan or KKK), filed a complaint on August 26, 1977, against Clarence M. Kelley, individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James L. McGovern, former special agent in charge of the Birmingham office of the FBI, and others (hereinafter collectively referred to as FBI). The complaint alleged violation of the Klan's First...

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