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BALLARD v. TAYLOR

No. EC 72-84-S.

358 F.Supp. 409 (1973)

Deward H. BALLARD, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Robert Pendleton TAYLOR et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, E. D.

April 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Houston, III, of Houston, Chamberlin & Houston, Aberdeen, Miss., for plaintiff.

Taylor B. Smith, of Threadgill & Smith, Columbus, Miss., Robert B. Prather, of Burgin, Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, James A. Walters, Columbus, Miss., L. F. Sams, Jr., of Mitchell, McNutt & Bush, Tupelo, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a citizen of Michigan, filed this action on August 16, 1972 and named as defendants two Mississippi law enforcement officers and their sureties. Jurisdiction is alleged only under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343.

The individual defendants are Robert Pendleton Taylor, the sheriff or former sheriff of Lowndes County, Mississippi, and R. W. McDaniel, a constable. United...

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