POLLARD v. COCKRELL

No. 76-3907.

578 F.2d 1002 (1978)

James O. POLLARD, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lila COCKRELL, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brock Huffman, Robert Mitchell, Charles Campion, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs-Appellants.

Crawford B. Reeder, James M. Parker, City Atty., Edgar A. Pfeil, Jane H. Macon, Steven W. Arronge, San Antonio, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, SIMPSON and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case we review a constitutional challenge to several portions of a massage parlor ordinance adopted by the San Antonio City Council in 1976. Although our task is complicated by several important procedural hurdles — most arising out of a similar challenge contemporaneously filed in state court — we hold that the district court properly exercised its jurisdiction over this case and correctly adjudicated the constitutionality...

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