SHERIDAN v. GARRISON

No. 25516.

415 F.2d 699 (1969)

Walter SHERIDAN and Richard Townley, Appellants, v. Jim GARRISON, Individually and as a District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, Etc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton E. Brener, Harry McCall, Jr., Edward M. Baldwin, New Orleans, La., Herbert J. Miller, Jr., Washington, D. C., H. Richard Schumacher, New York City, for appellants.

James L. Alcock, Mrs. Louise Korns, Numa Bertel, Jr., James J. O'Connor, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns first amendment rights. Appellants are asking for an injunction under the Civil Rights Statute, Rev.Stat. § 1979 (1875), 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1964), to protect their right of free speech, which they claim is being abridged by a pending criminal prosecution brought against them by appellee in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The district court entered summary judgment for appellee because it found that the Anti-Injunction...

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