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SEARCY v. WILLIAMS

No. 80-7517.

656 F.2d 1003 (1981)

George SEARCY, Etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Eugene C. WILLIAMS, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

September 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, Christopher Coates, Atlanta, Ga., Peggy Mastroianni, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Adams, Barfield & Dunway, Ronald Barfield, David Bruce Dunaway, Tommy Richard Hankinson, Thomaston, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before MORGAN, RONEY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of a suit brought by black citizens who are registered voters in the City of Thomaston, Georgia, against the City of Thomaston Board of Education and its members. The plaintiffs challenged inter alia the composition and method of selection of the school board as violative of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971(a)(1) and 1973. Ruling on the basis of submitted pleadings...

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