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SUMLIN v. BROWN

M.C.A. No. 76-1.

420 F.Supp. 78 (1976)

Lt. Otis SUMLIN, Jr., and wife, Ruth Chardene Sumlin, Plaintiffs, v. James BROWN and wife, Vicky Brown, d/b/a Brown Contractors, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Florida, Marianna Division.

July 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Bowers, Panama City, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Owen N. Powell, Panama City, Fla., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

STAFFORD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this class action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982, 42 U.S.C. § 3612, and the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Defendants are charged with discriminating against the named plaintiffs and "all Negro citizens in the Bay County, Florida area" on account of their race, in the rental of residential housing. The case is currently before the Court...

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