John Gillibeau v. City Of Richmond

417 F.2d 426 John GILLIBEAU and Doris Gillibeau, Appellants, v. CITY OF RICHMOND, a municipal corporation, Charles E. Brown, Elmer Evans, Deputy Marshal, Ervin R. Martin, Deputy Marshal, William H. Zeiler, Walter Laughlin, Donald Workman, James P. Kenny, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and Does One through Eighty, Appellees. No. 23062. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Oct. 13, 1969. R. Jay Engel and Hugh B. Miller of Jarvis, Miller & Stender, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. Tining & Delap, Richmond, Cal., Hagar, Crosby & Rosson, Oakland, Cal., Bishop, Murray & Barry, San Francisco, Cal., for appellees. Before HAMLEY and ELY, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge. * HAMLEY, Circuit Judge. 1 John and Doris Gillibeau, on behalf of themselves and 'all other negroes similarly situated,' brought this civil rights action for damages, a declaratory judgment, and declaratory relief against seven named individuals and 'Does One through Eighty.' The named defendants still in the case are Charles E. Brown, a Richmond, California city policeman, Elmer Evans, Ervin R. Martin and William H. Zeiler, officers of the Municipal Court of Richmond, James P.…