Legal Opinion
Action, Percy Green v. Rowland E. Gannon
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1971No. 20182PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to decide whether a United States District Court has jurisdiction to enjoin two organizations, the Black Liberation Front and Action, and their members,1 from continuing to disrupt the religious services of a predominantly white Catholic parish.
The District Court, 303 F.Supp. 1240, found jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985(3), and their accompanying jurisdictional statutes, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343(1), 1343(3) and 1343(4). We hold that the District Court had jurisdiction under § 1985(3). We need not, therefore, determine whether it had…
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3Cited by129 opinions
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