ROBERT ALAN JONES, INDIVIDUALLY, ETC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
HENRY WADE, INDIVIDUALLY, ETC., AND FRANK DYSON, INDIVIDUALLY, ETC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES

5th Cir. | 1974-11-18
No. 72-1481
504 F.2d 428 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1974) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 504 F.2d 427
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The court reaffirms its prior judgment reversing and remanding the case.


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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:

PER CURIAM:

By order dated Nov. 18, 1974, 504 F. 2d 427, this Court vacated its earlier order putting this appeal en banc and, in light of Steffel v. Thompson,1 remanded the appeal to the panel which had reversed the judgment of the district court.2 Steffel v. Thompson, reversing and remanding Becker v. Thompson,3 held that the principles set forth in Younger v. Harris4 and Samuels v. Mackell5 are inapplicable when no state prosecution is pending against a complainant seeking federal declaratory or injunctive relief against a threatened prosecution under an allegedly unconstitutional state statute. The Supreme Court held that the complainant need not show prosecutorial harassment or bad faith enforcement by the state and that federal jurisdiction in a declaratory judgment suit did not require that the statute be challenged on its face rather than as applied.

■ We reaffirm our judgment reversing and remanding the ease to the district court, further proceedings to be consistent with our earlier opinion as modified by the effect of the Supreme Court’s holding in Steffel v. Thompson.

. Steffel v. Thompson, 1974, 415 U.S. 452, 94 S.Ct. 1209, 39 L.Ed.2d 505.

. Jones v. Wade, 5 Cir. 1973, 479 F. 2d 1176.

. Becker v. Thompson, 5 Cir. 1972, 459 F. 2d 919, reh. en banc denied, 1972, 463 F. 2d 1338.

. 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.


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