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PRITCHARD v. DOWNIE

Civ. A. Nos. 3768, 3769, 3786-3789, 3805-3807.

216 F.Supp. 621 (1963)

Mrs. Mary Ellen PRITCHARD et al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert C. DOWNIE, Administrator of the Estate of Eugene G. Smith, Deceased, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

March 22, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney W. Provensal, Jr., New Orleans, La., Amis Guthridge, Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Joseph C. Kemp, Robert S. Lindsey, John M. Harrison, and Winslow Drummond, Little Rock, Ark., for defendant.

YOUNG, District Judge.

Nine lawsuits were originally brought by ten plaintiffs against Little Rock Police Chief Eugene G. Smith under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They grew out of occurrences in August 1959 when Little Rock Central High School was racially integrated. All of these plaintiffs but one, as well as a number of other persons, were arrested by Little Rock police near the high school.

Each plaintiff has alleged that he or she was deprived of a right guaranteed...

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