ACTION v. GANNON

No. 20182.

450 F.2d 1227 (1971)

ACTION et al., Percy Green, Defendant-Appellant, v. Rowland E. GANNON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mortimer A. Rosecan, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

R. H. McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, MEHAFFY, GIBSON, LAY, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, En Banc.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to decide whether a United States District Court has jurisdiction to enjoin two organizations, the Black Liberation Front and Action, and their members,1 from continuing to disrupt the religious services of a predominantly white Catholic parish.

The District Court, 303 F.Supp. 1240, found jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985...

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