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GRESHAM PARK COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION v. HOWELL

No. 80-7175.

652 F.2d 1227 (1981)

GRESHAM PARK COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, Simon E. Parker, Macy B. Lee and Calvin E. Sims, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gary HOWELL d/b/a Southeast Package Number Two, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

August 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bowen, Derrickson, Goldberg & West, Dwight Bowen, Ralph Goldberg, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Howard & Gilleland, Robin K. Warren, Pierre Howard, Jr., Thomas F. McNally, Jr., Decatur, Ga., for Gary Howell, Etc.

Gail C. Flake, Decatur, Ga., for Clyde W. Henley and Pat Jarvis.

Before KRAVITCH and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Gresham Park Community Organization [GPCO] and three officers of the organization sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to enjoin enforcement of a state court injunction prohibiting them from picketing defendant-appellee Gary Howell's liquor store. The district court held that the abstention doctrine compelled dismissal of the suit. GPCO and the three officers appeal. We affirm.

Facts

GPCO was formed ostensibly for the...

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