Legal Opinion

Chester Wooten, Sheriff of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana v. John B. Ohler, an Individual

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 6, 1962No. 19284PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of a preliminary injunction against a Louisiana Sheriff and his deputies, restraining them from interfering in any manner with peaceful picketing by union members. The injunction was granted on the grounds that the Sheriff had violated constitutional rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and protected by the Civil Rights Statutes. Jurisdiction was determined to rest on 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343(3); 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981-1984. Specifications of error challenge this conclusion of law, and also bring into question the jurisdiction…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Milk Wagon Drivers Union, Local 753 v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. Bakery & Pastry Drivers & Helpers Local 802 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. WohlSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Rush Pettway and Peter J. Wrenn v. American Cast Iron Pipe CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Continental Oil Company v. The Frontier Refining CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
  3. United States v. William R. Lambert, Lucille H. Lambert, and Richard Angel, Individually and D/B/A Southern Seafood Co. Of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  4. Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer v. Cecil C. Campbell, Circuit Clerk and Registrar of Sunflower County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  5. Hall Davis v. John G. FrancoisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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