SUNLAND PUB. CO., INC. v. City of Jackson

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WINGATE, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of the individual defendants, Louis Armstrong, Kenneth Stokes, Credell Calhoun, Marcia Weaver and Margaret Barrett 1 (all councilpersons for the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and referred to collectively as “council-persons”), to dismiss the plaintiffs claims under Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 2 The motion is founded on Rule 12(b)(6) 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and argues that plaintiffs complaint fails to state a cause of action upon which relief can be granted under § 1983.

In this lawsuit, the…