PAUL v. DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA

No. 27354.

419 F.2d 10 (1969)

Nishan PAUL and Irma Feder, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard J. Hollander, Hollander & Pestcoe, Miami, Fla., for appellants.

Thomas C. Britton, Dade County Atty., St. Julien P. Rosemond, Asst. County Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, DYER and CARSWELL, Circuit Judges.


DYER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from an order dismissing their complaint for lack of a statutory basis of jurisdiction. We affirm the dismissal, but for a different reason than that given by the District Court.

The complaint sought a declaration that a Latin cross erected each December on the Dade County, Florida, Courthouse, with the sanction of the county government, violates the establishment of religion and freedom of religion clauses of the first...

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