PAYNES v. LEE

Civ. A. No. 3071.

239 F.Supp. 1019 (1965)

James A. PAYNES v. Dan Dee LEE and John Doe.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

March 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie A. Jones, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Richard G. Van Buskirk, Clinton, La., John F. Rau, Jr., Harvey, La., for defendants.


WEST, District Judge:

This is a civil suit for damages wherein plaintiff, James A. Paynes, seeks to recover money damages in the sum of $500,000 from Daniel W. DeLee, a private citizen, for alleged violation of his constitutionally guaranteed civil rights. Plaintiff alleges that on October 17, 1963, he, together with another member of the Negro race, went to the Town of St. Francisville, Louisiana, the parish seat of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, for the purpose...

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