THOMPSON v. BROWN

No. 29087.

434 F.2d 1092 (1970)

Bennie G. THOMPSON et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. William C. BROWN et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Martha M. Wood, Jackson, Miss., for petitioners-appellants.

Joe G. Moss, William W. Ferguson, Raymond, Miss., for respondents-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, BELL and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This court is called upon, once again, to determine whether a case, this time a civil, rather than a criminal case, is removable from the state courts to the federal district court under the Civil Rights Removal Statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443,1 which authorizes removal of any "civil action" against any "person who is denied or cannot enforce in the courts of [the] State a right under any law providing for...

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