Legal Opinion
Green v. City of Tampa
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided December 22, 1971No. 70-126 Civ. TPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KRENTZMAN, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action based upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief relating to the requirements of the United States Constitution regarding the rights of indigent Municipal Court defendants to court appointed counsel. The basis of federal jurisdiction is 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2201.
The individual plaintiffs are persons who were charged with offenses in the Tampa Municipal Court, and who were found guilty of said offenses. Findings of fact relative to the precise position occupied by some of the…
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