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COOK v. ADVERTISER COMPANY

No. 71-1749.

458 F.2d 1119 (1972)

Samuel G. COOK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ADVERTISER COMPANY, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. J. Levin, Jr., Morris S. Dees, Jr., Levin & Dees, Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Nathaniel R. Jones, Gen. Counsel, William D. Wells, Asst. Counsel, James Meyerson, Atty., N.A.A.C.P., Special Contribution Fund, New York City (for amicus curiae N.A.A.C.P.).

Arthur B. Hanson, W. Frank Stickle, Jr., Ralph N. Albright, Jr., Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae The American Newspaper Publishers Assn.; Hanson, O'Brien, Birney & Stickle, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

M. R. Nachman, Jr., Steiner, Crum & Baker, Montgomery, Ala., of counsel, for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

May a Court exercise jurisdiction over the content and arrangement of the society pages of a newspaper? That is the real issue in this appeal. In a judgment dismissing the complaint, the District Court [Johnson, Chief Judge] held in the negative, Cook v. Advertiser Company, 323 F.Supp. 1212 (M.D., Ala., 1971). We affirm.

One of the class action plaintiffs, Samuel G. Cook, a Negro, alleged...

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