Bennett v. Cottingham

GROOMS, District Judge:

Plaintiffs are Negroes and bring this action on their own behalf and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, both as Negroes and as non-resident motorists, pursuant to Rule 23 F.R.Civ.P. The jurisdiction of the Court is grounded in Sections 1343 and 2201 of Title 28 U.S.C. The suit is filed under Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to prevent the deprivation under color of State laws of rights, privileges and immunities secured by the Constitution of the United States, and particularly by the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the…