POSTEL v. FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT

No. 72-1307.

470 F.2d 189 (1972)

Arthur E. POSTEL, d/b/a Postel Securities, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Mitchell, Stephen M. Orr, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Pat Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gaynor Kendall, Martin Harris, Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is a Texas case involving alleged unlawful interference with a contract of employment cast in the guise of a civil rights action under the post-Civil War Civil Rights Statutes, 42 U.S.C.A., Sec. 1985. Plaintiff-appellant alleges that in terminating his contract of employment, the members of the Franklin County Water District, his employer, and the Texas Water Development Board conspired to deprive him of his right to free speech under the First Amendment...

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