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464 F.2d 613

Docket No. 72-1860 Summary Calendar.*

Thevis v. Seibels

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1972-07-24

Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently May 1975

5 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Younger v. Harris · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Dombrowski v. Pfister

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1972-07-24

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Fifth Circuit.

Robert Eugene Smith, Towson, Md., D. Freeman Hutton, Atlanta, Ga., Ferris S. Ritchey, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. M. Breckenridge, City Atty., Herbert Jenkins, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

¶1

The order of the district court dismissing Thevis' complaint is affirmed. Federal declaratory or injunctive relief against state criminal prosecutions, whether pending or threatened, is not justified in the absence of proof of bad faith, harassment, or other extraordinary circumstances that would call for equitable relief. Younger v. Harris, 1971, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669; Samuels v. Mackell, 1971, 401 U.S. 66, 91 S.Ct. 764, 27 L.Ed.2d 688; Boyle v. Landry, 1971, 401 U.S. 77, 91 S.Ct. 758, 27 L.Ed.2d 696; Dombrowski v. Pfister, 1965, 380 U.S. 479, 85 S.Ct. 1116, 14 L.Ed.2d 22; Douglas v. City of Jeannette, 1943, 319 U.S. 157, 63 S.Ct. 877, 87 L.Ed. 1324; Fenner v. Boykin, 1926, 271 U.S. 240, 46 S.Ct. 492, 70 L.Ed. 927; Becker v. Thompson, 5 Cir. 1972, 463 F.2d 1338, petition for rehearing en banc denied; Cooley v. Endictor, 5 Cir. 1972, 458 F.2d 513; Thevis v. Moore, 5 Cir. 1971, 440 F.2d 1350.

¶2

Affirmed.

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