IN RE LOUISIANA NEWS COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 9853.

187 F.Supp. 241 (1960)

In re LOUISIANA NEWS COMPANY; Jerome Molasky and Allan Molasky, Individually and as Trustees and as Partners v. Provosty A. DAYRIES, Individually and as Superintendent of Police of the City of New Orleans; Joseph I. Giarrusso, Individually and as Deputy Superintendent of Police of the City of New Orleans; Joseph H. Murry, Individually and as a Lieutenant assigned to the Public Relations Division of the New Orleans Police Department; Joseph Battaglia, Individually and as a Patrolman of the New Orleans Police Department; Richard A. Dowling, Individually and as District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans; Richard S. McBride, Jr., Individually and as Assistant District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana.

July 12, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Lucas, Jr., Morey L. Sear, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Stanley Fleishman, Hollywood, Cal., for plaintiff.

Alvin J. Liska, City Atty., Ernest L. Salatich and Beuker F. Amann, Asst. City Attys., Henry B. Curtis, Special Counsel for City Atty., James David McNeill, Walter Doane, Richard A. Dowling, Richard S. McBride, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY and WRIGHT, District Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs1—all of the partners of the Louisiana News Company—filed a complaint against the Superintendent of Police of the City of New Orleans, the Orleans Parish District Attorney, and others.2 The Louisiana News Company is the sole wholesale distributor of magazines and periodicals in the New Orleans area. Among the publications...

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