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LABAT v. McKEITHEN

No. 22937.

361 F.2d 757 (1966)

Edgar LABAT, Appellant, v. The Honorable John J. McKEITHEN, Governor of the State of Louisiana, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 10, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin E. Smith, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Thomas W. McFerrin, Frank L. Dobson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Carroll Buck, First Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Before WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and COX, District Judge.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a prisoner on death row in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, filed suit in the district court seeking injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3). The essence of his complaint was that his constitutional rights have been violated in that he has been denied the privilege of corresponding through the United States mails with any and all persons of his choice as a result of an opinion rendered by the Attorney...

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