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BATEMAN v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

Civ. A. No. 69-217.

298 F.Supp. 999 (1969)

Robert BATEMAN, Charles Davis, Jr., Raymond Major, Theodore Pinckney, Theodore Wilson, Sr., Middleton Houston, and Samuel Green, in their individual capacity, as Officers and Members of Local 1422-A, International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, and as members of a class representing employees of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, Plaintiffs, v. The SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY, a body corporate and politic, and Capers G. Barr, Jr., individually and as General Manager, Defendants.

United States District Court D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

April 17, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Howe, Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., of Gibson, Gibbs & Krawcheck, Charleston, S. C., and Gleason & Miller, New York City, for plaintiffs.

William H. Grimball, Charleston, S. C., Everett Brandon, Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State of South Carolina, and Ellison D. Smith, Jr., Columbia, S. C., for defendants.

ORDER

HEMPHILL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek adjudication, in this forum, of (1) a class action allegedly instituted to protect constitutional prerogatives, using the Civil Rights Act of 18711 as a vehicle, and (2) money damages in the amount of $2,000,000 plus attorneys' fees and costs. Collateral, but claimed as vital, are requests for equitable relief specified as:

(A) An Order of Injunction directing the Defendants...

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