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WILLIAMS v. CITY OF DOTHAN, ALA.

No. 86-7104.

818 F.2d 755 (1987)

George WILLIAMS, Jr., et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; The First Born Church Of the Living God, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF DOTHAN, ALABAMA; Kenneth Everett, Mayor; Commissioners John H. Glanton, Jr., Raimon G. Thomas, Matt Bullard, S.A. Cherry, Sr., and their successors and agents in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipman & Weisberg, David M. Lipman, Robert E. Weisberg, Miami, Fla., Abigail Turner, Legal Services Corp. of Alabama, Mobile, Ala., Steven D. Caley, Legal Services Corp. of Alabama, Dothan, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Buntin & Cobb, P.A., T.E. Buntin, Jr., D. Taylor Flowers, Dothan, Ala., James R. Seale, James Walter, Jr., Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD and Hill, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

In this case black property owners of the City of Dothan, Alabama, attack as unconstitutionally discriminatory assessments made against them by the city for street paving and sewer improvements. The district court ruled in favor of the city.1 We reverse and remand for granting of relief.

Plaintiffs represent the class of black citizens who have or will have to pay special assessments under the city's Special...

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