ARROW v. DOW

No. 79-1307.

636 F.2d 287 (1980)

David P. ARROW et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James L. DOW et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1980.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing January 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Rubin, Santa Fe, N. M. (Robert R. Rothstein and Ginsburg, Burnett & Rothstein, Santa Fe, N. M., with him on the briefs), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mark B. Thompson, III, of Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, Albuquerque, N. M. (Kenneth L. Harrigan of Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk and Bruce D. Hall of Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P. A., Albuquerque, N. M., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before McWILLIAMS, BREITENSTEIN and McKAY, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

This action seeks relief for claimed deprivation of civil rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a)(3) and (4). The trial court held that it should abstain from hearing the dispute and sustained a motion to dismiss. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The plaintiffs-appellants are lawyers and members of the integrated State Bar of New Mexico. The defendants-appellees are...

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