Willie C. Calhoun and Mattie Calhoun v. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and Escambia County Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Appellants, Willie C. and Mattie Calhoun, brought this action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1981) alleging that appellees, The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the Escambia County Commission, discriminated against them on the basis of race by denying their application for retail beer and liquor licenses in 1979. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim, holding that the Calhouns had not brought their action within the period required by the statute of limitations. We reverse.
The facts are relatively simple. The Calhouns, black citizens of Alabama,…
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