HOBBS v. THOMPSON

No. 30704.

448 F.2d 456 (1971)

W. J. HOBBS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mayor Ronnie THOMPSON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Mincey, Charles A. Mobley, Deryl D. Dantzler, Macon, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants; Mincey, Kenmore & Bennett, Macon, Ga., of counsel.

Lawton Miller, City Atty., Macon, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, DAVIS, Judge, and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

The City of Macon, Georgia, by ordinance, cast a political pall over the electioneering activities of its firemen and policemen. A class composed of Macon firemen, contending that Macon's legislative scheme renders them politically impotent in derogation of their rights under the First Amendment, pleads for federal intervention. After threading our way, we hope cautiously, through recent Supreme Court federal jurisdictional embroidery, we...

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