Legal Opinion
Ezell Littleton v. Peyton Berbling, Individually and as State's Attorney for Alexander County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 11, 1972No. 71-1395PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a dismissal by the district court of plaintiffs' amended complaint. Plaintiffs brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985, seeking, in addition to damages, injunctive relief for claimed deprivations, under color of law, custom and usage of Cairo, and Alexander County, Illinois, of various rights and immunities secured to plaintiffs and members of their class under the Constitution of the United States and the above-named sections of Title 42. Jurisdiction was founded on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343.
This court, in reviewing the…
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