W.J. Hobbs v. Mayor Ronnie Thompson

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

The City of Macon, Georgia, by ordinance, cast a political pall over the electioneering activities of its firemen and policemen. A class composed of Macon firemen, contending that Macon’s legislative scheme renders them politically impotent in derogation of their rights under the First Amendment, pleads for federal intervention. After threading our way, we hope cautiously, through recent Supreme Court federal jurisdietional embroidery, we find a constitutional malady and reverse the trial court’s judgment which found the Macon provisions constitutionally sound.

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