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THOMPSON v. BAKER

Civ. A. No. 653.

133 F.Supp. 247 (1955)

Elmer THOMPSON, LeRoy Currington, Fred McCoy, Walter Neal, Cleo Smith, and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. W. A. BAKER, Justice of the Peace, and R. L. Hoyle, Constable, in and for Pennington Township, Bradley County, Arkansas, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Arkansas, El Dorado Division.

August 19, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DuVal L. Purkins, Warren, Ark., for plaintiffs.

B. Ball, Warren, Ark., Charles S. Harley, Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

JOHN E. MILLER, District Judge.

On December 10, 1954, plaintiffs filed their complaint against the defendants, W. A. Baker, a Justice of the Peace, and R. L. Hoyle, a Constable, alleging that said defendants had violated plaintiffs' civil rights. On January 26, 1955, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs' complaint on the ground that said complaint failed to state a claim against defendants upon which relief...

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