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HOLMES v. LEADBETTER

Civ. A. No. 31343.

294 F.Supp. 991 (1968)

Avis HOLMES and Lena Bivens, Jointly and Individually, Plaintiffs, v. Thomas LEADBETTER, City Clerk of the City of Detroit, and City of Detroit, a Municipal Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, S. D.

August 16, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Bowman, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Robert Reese, Corp. Counsel, City of Detroit, Thomas H. Gallagher, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Maurice Kelman, Detroit, Mich., Special Counsel for City of Detroit, for defendants.

OPINION

TALBOT SMITH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Negro residents of the City of Detroit, representing themselves and other Negro residents and citizens of Detroit as a class, seek injunctive relief. Jurisdiction is based upon the Civil Rights Act, § 1343(3), Title 28, and Section 1982, Title 42, United States Code. The action concerns Detroit's Fair Housing Ordinance, sometimes referred to as "Open Housing...

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