Legal Opinion
Dowdell v. City of Apopka
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 28, 1983No. 81-5690PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
The situs of this case is the small city of Apopka, Florida located in the fern and foliage growing region north of Orlando. More specifically, it is the poor, geographically separate, black community of that city. The plaintiffs (appellees and cross-appellants here) are a Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(2) class comprising the black residents of Apopka “who are, or have been, subjected to the discriminatory provision of municipal services.” The main issues on appeal are whether the ongoing relative deprivation of the black community in the provision of municipal services can lead to…
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