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NEWS-TEXAN, INC. v. CITY OF GARLAND, TEX.

No. 86-1572 Summary Calendar.

814 F.2d 216 (1987)

NEWS-TEXAN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. The CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Hinton, Jr., City Atty., Hermon L. Veness, Jr., Asst. City Atty., Garland, Tex., for City of Garland, Tex.

Thomas S. Leatherbury, John H. McElhaney, Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely, Dallas, Tex., for News-Texan, Inc.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GARWOOD and HILL, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal by the City of Garland, Texas (the City) from the district court's remand primarily presents the question of whether the City's removal of the action was proper under the federal civil rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1443(2).

In the fall of 1984, the City began to search for a new city manager. News-Texan, Inc. (NTI), the local newspaper, asked the City to disclose the names of candidates for the post and "all other...

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