Legal Opinion
Progress Development Corporation, a Corporation and Modern Community Developers, Inc., a Corporation v. James C. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 27, 1961No. 12976_1PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs filed their verified complaint herein in the district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331. The complaint charges a conspiracy by all defendants resulting in an alleged violation of the civil rights of plaintiffs guaranteed to them under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and contrary to the provisions of Title 42, U.S.C.A., §§ 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1988 (Civil Rights Act). The complaint sought injunctive relief and damages.
The plaintiffs below (appellants) were Progress Development…
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