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DOWNIE v. POWERS

No. 4282.

193 F.2d 760 (1951)

DOWNIE et al. v. POWERS et al.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

December 20, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellants.

Jerome Sullivan and Edward L. Bond, Duncan, Okl. (C. D. Cund, Duncan, Okl., was with them on the brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and HUXMAN and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

Appellants brought this action in the United States District Court of Oklahoma to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained in the deprivation of their civil rights by the appellees. Jurisdiction is conferred under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343.

Appellants are all Jehovah's Witnesses. The appellee Webb is the Chief of Police of the City of Duncan, Oklahoma; the appellee Powers is one of the Commissioners of the City of Duncan...

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