MORGAN v. CITY OF DeSOTO, TEX.

No. 89-1727.

900 F.2d 811 (1990)

Douglas MORGAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF DeSOTO, TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Larson, Mesquite, Tex., for Douglas Morgan, et al.

Kent S. Hofmeister, Jerry C. Gilmore, D. Bradley Dickinson, Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, Dallas, Tex., for DeSoto, Tex., Hood, O'Briant, Agee, Krude, Henrise, Broadnax, Musser, Zuhlman, Ransom, Norton & Dyer.

David B. Dyer, Louis J. Weber, Jr., Jenkins & Gilchrist, Dallas, Tex., for Farmer & Wedding.

Garland F. Henley, Law Offices of Garland F. Henley, Dallas, Tex., for Rowlett.

Judith H. Winston, R. Brent Cooper, Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, Tex., for Henry S. Miller Co.

Before GOLDBERG, REAVLEY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

There was trouble in the City of DeSoto in the years 1983 to 1985. Young people "cruised" the main street at night and congregated in large numbers in adjacent parking lots. Shopping centers were hardest hit. In addition to the traffic jams and some vandalism, the biggest trouble was the litter which had to be cleaned from the lots the following mornings. Evictions and warnings by the police, as well as distribution of leaflets and speeches...

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