CHARLES KOEN ET AL., APPELLANTS,
v.
ISAAC LONG ET AL., APPELLEES

8th Cir. | 1970-06-30
Nos. 19571, 19868
Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge, and MEHAFFY and LAY, Circuit Judges.
428 F.2d 876 United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1970) Caution
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Holding

The appellate court affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' petition for injunctive relief and declaration of unconstitutionality.


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Plaintiffs, a class of individuals, sued various city officials, prosecutors, police officers, and judges in St. Louis seeking injunctive relief and a…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Charles Koen, Percy Green, Richard P. Koch and Joe Allen, from a final order entered after trial on the merits dismissing the plaintiffs' petition for injunctive relief against certain police, prosecution, and court practices, and a declaration that certain St. Louis ordinances are unconstitutional. The defendants are various city officials, prosecutors, police officers and judges from the city of St. Louis.

Jurisdiction was based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1343. The action was maintained as a class action to protect federal substantive rights guaranteed by 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982 and 1985.

This case was tried without a jury to Chief Judge Harper, who in a lengthy and well-considered opinion reported at D.C., 302 F.Supp. 1383 properly states the applicable law and demonstrates that his factual determinations are based upon substantial evidence. The plaintiffs on this appeal have failed to demonstrate that the trial court committed reversible error. We affirm on the basis of the trial court’s opinion.


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