Legal Opinion
Canton Branch, National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Runnels
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided August 30, 1985No. Civ. A. J85-0201(B)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BARBOUR, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon the Motion of Defendants, Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Canton, Mississippi (“City”), for Summary Judgment.
FACTS
Plaintiffs, the Canton Branch of the NAACP and other similarly situated black residents of Canton, 1 sued the Defendants for injunctive relief, claiming violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982 2 , 1983 and the Fifth, Ninth 3 , Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments as a result of the Defendants’ alleged practice of providing free water and sewer services to Levi Strauss and Company,…
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- General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Wilma Virginia Ferguson v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Andrew Hawkins v. Town of Shaw, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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