JONES v. STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 17241.

260 F.2d 421 (1958)

H. Morton JONES, for himself and others similarly situated, Appellant, v. STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF FLORIDA et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. H. Pruitt, Wm. J. Pruitt, John P. Grier, Miami, Fla., Pruitt & Pruitt, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Robert S. Green, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Bryan W. Henry, Washington, D. C., Bryan W. Henry, Ross H. Stanton, Jr., Richard B. Austin, Tallahassee, Fla., Charles T. Boyd, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., Samuel D. Slade, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Alleging that the matter in controversy arises under the Constitution and laws of the United States and there was federal question jurisdiction, plaintiff, a citizen of Florida, brought this suit against: "The State Road Department of Florida, an agency of the State"; Wilbur E. Jones, Chairman of the State Road Board, a citizen of Florida; Wilbur M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army; General Itschner, Chief of Engineers of the U. S. Corps of Engineers; and...

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