REEVES v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

No. 75-4292. Summary Calendar.

532 F.2d 491 (1976)

John C. REEVES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. M. Bost, Jr., Vicksburg, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

John E. Stone, City Atty., City of Jackson, Cary E. Bufkin, Jackson, Miss., for American Employers' Ins. Co.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from the District Court's order dismissing the plaintiff's case which was premised primarily upon 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. F.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). As more than $10,000 was involved and there was diversity, the claim also embraced 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332 and there existed federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331. We reverse because we believe...

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