WOOTEN v. OHLER

No. 19284.

303 F.2d 759 (1962)

Chester WOOTEN, Sheriff of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al., Appellants, v. John B. OHLER, an individual, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney W. Provensal, Jr., of Cahn & Provensal, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Victor H. Hess, Jr., Jackson & Hess, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before RIVES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of a preliminary injunction against a Louisiana Sheriff and his deputies, restraining them from interfering in any manner with peaceful picketing by union members. The injunction was granted on the grounds that the Sheriff had violated constitutional rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and protected by the Civil Rights Statutes. Jurisdiction was determined to rest on 28 U.S. C.A. § 1343...

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