Case Name: Orzell BILLINGSLEY, Sr., Mrs. Blanche McSwain, and Mrs. Essie Mae Rice, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George G. SEIBELS, Jr., Individually and as Mayor of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1977-07-21
Citations: 556 F.2d 276
Docket Number: No. 76-3568
Parties: Orzell BILLINGSLEY, Sr., Mrs. Blanche McSwain, and Mrs. Essie Mae Rice, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George G. SEIBELS, Jr., Individually and as Mayor of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 556
Pages: 276–277

Head Matter:
Orzell BILLINGSLEY, Sr., Mrs. Blanche McSwain, and Mrs. Essie Mae Rice, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George G. SEIBELS, Jr., Individually and as Mayor of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 76-3568
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 21, 1977.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 24, 1977.
Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.
James G. Adams, III, Herbert Jenkins, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for City defendantsappellees.
"Douglas P. Corretti, Samuel Maples, Birmingham, Ala., for American Title Ins.
Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Affirmed. See Billingsley v. Seibels, 433 F.Supp. 1 (N.D.Ala.1976).
Appellants seek to distinguish the principle of Jennings v. Caddo Parish School Bd., 531 F.2d 1331 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 897, 97 S.Ct. 260, 50 L.Ed.2d 180 (1976) on the ground that they were defendants in a state court action, rather than plaintiffs. This distinction does not appear to be sufficient to bring appellants within the rule announced in England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, 375 U.S. 411, 84 S.Ct. 461, 11 L.Ed.2d 440 (1964). See Brown v. Chastain, 416 F.2d 1012 (5th Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 951, 90 S.Ct. 976, 25 L.Ed.2d 134 (1970).