(DOWNLOAD) "Bonner v. Circuit Court of City of St. Louis" by United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Bonner v. Circuit Court of City of St. Louis
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Release Date : January 28, 1975
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
LAY, Circuit Judge. Twenty black prisoners, each convicted for various crimes in the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis, Missouri, appeal from the dismissal of their complaint alleging civil rights violations on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. The defendants include five St. Louis Circuit Court Judges, the Circuit Attorney and the Public Defender for the City of St. Louis. Jurisdiction is allegedly based upon 42 U.S.C. § 2000a on the ground that the state court is a place of public accommodation. Plaintiffs' basic allegation is that the defendants have joined in a systematic racially discriminatory conspiracy to harass, intimidate, coerce, discriminate, and deny equal protection to black citizens by coercing pleas of guilty to criminal charges.1