CERVANTES v. GUERRA

No. 80-1294.

651 F.2d 974 (1981)

Enrique CERVANTES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ramiro GUERRA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

July 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atlas, Hall, Schwarz, Mills, Gurwitz & Bland, Travis Hiester, McAllen, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

George P. Powell, Edinburg, Tex., Linda Yanez, Brownsville, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BROWN, WISDOM and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The primary defendant in this case, the Hidalgo County Community Action Agency, Inc., a nonprofit corporation organized under Texas law, receives federal money under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2995d (1976 & Supp. III 1979). The corporation's bylaws exclude aliens from serving on its board of directors or voting for members of the board. Plaintiffs, two legally resident aliens, challenge those bylaws...

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