FLORES v. PIERCE

No. 77-2903.

617 F.2d 1386 (1980)

Barbaro FLORES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Stanley J. PIERCE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur J. Russ, Russ & Daniels, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Robert E. Gonzales and Louis F. Flores, San Francisco, Cal., argued for plaintiffs-appellees; Gonzales, Mitchell & Flores, San Francisco, Cal., on the brief.

Before KENNEDY and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

This civil rights action was commenced in district court by two Mexican-Americans who alleged that officials of the City of Calistoga, California, delayed issuance of a liquor license to them by filing official protests motivated by a purpose to discriminate on the basis of race or national origin. A jury rendered a verdict against the city officials, who now appeal from the judgment against them.

The principal issues here are whether...

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