SCOTT v. HILL

No. 71-1002.

449 F.2d 634 (1971)

Thomas Aries SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward A. HILL et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

October 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Lyon, Louisville, Ky., for appellant; David Kaplan, Don Major, Louisville, Ky., on brief.

George F. Rabe, Frankfort, Ky., for appellees; John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, CELEBREZZE and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

This case is before us on an appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, dismissing Appellant's action for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

Appellant, Thomas Aries Scott, was sentenced to death for the murder of two Louisville, Kentucky, policemen after a trial in the Jefferson Circuit Court. His appeal from that conviction is presently pending before...

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