APPALACHIAN VOLUNTEERS, INC. v. CLARK

Nos. 20255-20256.

432 F.2d 530 (1970)

APPALACHIAN VOLUNTEERS, INC., et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Charles CLARK et al., Respondents-Appellees. Edward Lee BLANKENSHIP et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Clarles CLARK et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed September 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Place, Prestonsburg, Ky. (Howard Thorkelson Prestonsburg, Ky., on the brief), for appellants. Laurence E. Norton, II, of counsel.

C. Kilmer Combs, Pikeville, Ky., and W. W. Burchett, Prestonsburg, Ky. (Barkley J. Sturgill, Prestonsburg, Ky., on the brief), for appellees.

Before WEICK, McCREE, and BROOKS, Circuit Judges.


McCREE, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals present issues related to appellants' attempts to invoke the jurisdiction of the federal district court. Appellants are members of Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), members of Appalachian Volunteers, Inc., and local residents of Floyd County, Kentucky who are active in citizens' groups interested in the administration of welfare programs. In case number 20255, they appeal from an order of the District Court...

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