Legal Opinion
Community Action Group, an Unincorporated Association v. City of Columbus, a Consolidated City-County (Muscogee) Government
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1973No. 72-1650PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
This class action was brought by Community Action Group (CAG), an unincorporated association of black residents of Columbus, Georgia, seven black police officers of the City of Columbus who were members of CAG and who were discharged from the police force, and individual members of the Association against the Mayor of the consolidated municipal government, the Director of Public Safety, the Chief and Assistant Chief of Police, and the Judge of the Superior Court for Muscogee County, Georgia.
The plaintiffs alleged that city ordinances prohibiting disorderly conduct,…
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