Lecil Hander v. San Jacinto Junior College, Etc.

For purposes of clarification we wish to explicate our earlier opinion in this case with respect to the jurisdiction of the district court. 1 The appellee Hander’s complaint was premised on the First and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970). 2 The complaint also based jurisdiction on Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 (1970). In an informal finding which is not questioned on appeal, the district court at least implicitly found jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (1970). 3 We are of the opinion, and so hold, that jurisdiction in this…