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BROWN v. KNOX

No. 76-3094 Summary Calendar.

547 F.2d 900 (1977)

Estella BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Commander KNOX et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henrietta E. Turnquest, Columbus, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lennie F. Davis, City Atty., Columbus Ga., E. H. Polleys, Jr., Assoc. City Atty., for Government Center.

Before GODBOLD, HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 23, 1977.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This case comes to us on appeal from the district court's dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, without prejudice to the right of the plaintiff to sue in state court. The precise issue is whether the doctrine of pendent jurisdiction established in United Mine Workers v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715, 86 S.Ct. 1130, 16 L.Ed.2d 218 (1966), required...

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