HADNOTT v. CITY OF PRATTVILLE

Civ. A. No. 2886-N.

309 F.Supp. 967 (1970)

Sally HADNOTT, James Harris, Celeste Williams, Julia Bell Debarlabor, Jessie Harris, Joe Durden, Dollie Hutchinson, Lurleen Douglase, Inell Rawlinson, individually and in behalf of their families, and in behalf of all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PRATTVILLE, Alabama; C. M. Gray, individually and in his capacity as Mayor of the City of Prattville, Alabama; W. H. Brewer, W. C. Godwin, Ed S. Gray, Tom Kennedy, and W. M. McHearg, individually and in their capacity as Councilmen of the City of Prattville, Alabama, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.

February 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery, Ala., Ronald F. Pollack and Lee A. Albert, New York City, Center on Social Welfare Policies and Law, Melvyn R. Leventhal, Jackson, Miss., N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., for plaintiffs.

Joseph D. Phelps, Hill, Robison, Belser & Phelps, Montgomery, Ala., and T. O. McDowell, Jr., Prattville, Ala., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

This is a proceeding for injunctive relief brought by the plaintiffs, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in their own behalf and in behalf of other Negro residents of Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, who are similarly situated. The plaintiffs ask this Court to restrain defendants from continuing a policy, practice, custom, and usage of providing municipal facilities...

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