Legal Opinion
Gentry v. Howard
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided October 25, 1973No. Civ. A. 15759PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, Senior District Judge.
I. NATURE OF THE CASE
This civil action is premised upon §§ 1983 and 1985 of the Civil Rights Act and §§ 2201 and 2202 of the Declaratory Judgment Act, jurisdiction being based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3).
The original plaintiff here was Wayne Gentry, an individual. The defendants were W. L. Howard, H. W. McSherry, W. D. H. Rodriguez, and J. C. Kelly, Jr. (who were, respectively, Mayor and Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, Commissioner of Finance and Utilities, Commissioner of Streets and Police Chief, at the time this action was instituted), and the City…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Grosjean v. American Press Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
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- Amoco Oil Co. v. Local 99, International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1982
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