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TAYLOR v. CITY OF SELMA, ALABAMA

Civ. A. No. 4335-66.

327 F.Supp. 1191 (1971)

Thomas Lorenza TAYLOR et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF SELMA, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

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

As Amended May 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Jelinek, Selma, Ala., Alvin J. Bronstein and Geor. M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, La., Morton Stavis, Newark, N. J., Howard C. Moore, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., William Kunstler, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Wm. McLean Pitts, Wilkinson, Wilkinson & Russell, Selma, Ala., Gordon Madison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants.

Before GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, and THOMAS and PITTMAN, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

On November 5, 1966, plaintiff Taylor was arrested for blocking traffic in the City of Selma. Plaintiffs House and Carmichael were arrested thereafter for violating Alabama's Anti-Riot Statute, Title 14, § 407(1), Code of Alabama 1940 (Recomp.1958). All plaintiffs were tried and convicted in the Recorder's Court for the City of Selma in November 1966. All plaintiffs have appealed these convictions and are awaiting trial de novo before the Dallas...

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