Legal Opinion
Ed Arrington v. The City of Fairfield, Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1969No. 26781PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT, District Judge:
This is a class action in equity by Negro residents of the Englewood section of Fairfield, Alabama, seeking an injunction to prohibit the City of Fair-field and Engel Realty Company from displacing them from their residences and their consequent removal from the City of Fairfield in the absence of adequate relocation housing in the City of Fairfield. Plaintiffs’ complaint was dismissed by the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. We hold that the District Court was in error, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
The complaint is…
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