Jordan v. Hutcheson

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

This action is instituted by three Negro attorneys, members of the Virginia State Bar, seeking a declaratory judgment, damages and preliminary and permanent injunctions against the defendants, most of whom are members of a Virginia legislative committee created by an Act of the General Assembly (Chap. 373, Acts of Assembly 1958). Plaintiffs pray that this court restrain the defendants from “further harassment, intimidation and other unlawful acts — done under color of law — as part of a conspiracy” to prevent plaintiffs from continuing to oppose racial…