Legal Opinion
Grosvenor Burnett v. Lt. General John J. Tolson, Commanding General of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Stanley R. Resor, as Secretary of the Army
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1973No. 72-1545PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Burnett and other members of an antiwar organization brought a class action in district court to enjoin the Commanding General of Fort Bragg Military Reservation from prohibiting distribution of certain leaflets on the base. Jurisdiction was alleged under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1361. The district *879court dismissed the suit for lack of jurisdiction, holding that Burnett et al could not establish the $10,000 jurisdictional minimum required by § 1331 and that this was not an appropriate case for mandamus under § 1361. We reverse.
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3Cited by36 opinions
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