AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Jeffers V. Whitley 309 F.2d 621, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 8593 (10/12/1962) Action by Negro school children seeking a general order requiring the school board to reorganize the schools of the county and operate them on a nonsegregated basis and for an order requiring the board to submit a plan for desegregating the schools and for an injunction prohibiting the board after submission of a desegregation plan from requiring... 1962 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Jefferson V. Heinze 201 F.Supp. 606, United States District Court, N.D. California, Docket Number MISC. 1448 (1/26/1962) Proceeding on motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on petition for writ of mandamus and/or petition for writ of habeas corpus, sought to be joined with complaint for slander and conspiracy to violate Federal Civil Rights Act by separating movant, who was Negro state prisoner, from certain Caucasian friends. The District Court, Halbert, J.,... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Jones V. Haridor Realty Corp. 37 N.J. 384, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Docket Number A-100 (5/21/1962) Proceeding with respect to alleged violation of Law Against Discrimination by real estate development company and individuals. The Commissioner of Education issued an order from which the corporation and individuals appealed to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, but before argument the case was certified by Supreme Court on its own motion. The... 1962 Cases Yes  
Dean Alfange, Jr. Justices Black and Frankfurter: Conflict in the Court 72 Yale Law Journal 207 (November, 1962) Justices Black and Frankfurter sat together on the Supreme Court for a quarter century. In that time, they were part, if not the leaders, of a revolutionary change in judicial attitude that has given the Court a totally different role in the political process than it had previously performed. That this change was salutary, that the Court was right... 1962 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Killary V. Burlington-lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce, Inc. 123 Vt. 256, Supreme Court of Vermont, Docket Number 370 (11/7/1962) Action by entrant in motor boat race for injuries suffered when entrant's boat capsized and entrant was struck by another participant in an accident caused when a spectator boat came upon the race course. from a judgment of the County Court, Chittenden County, William C. Hill, J., the defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Smith, J., held that... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Lee V. O'hara Docket Number 213 Cal. 131, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number SAC 4484 (3/26/1962) Action against real estate brokers for refusal to rent premises to plaintiff solely because of his race. From an adverse judgment of the Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco, Edward F. O'Day, J., the plaintiff appealed. The Supreme Court, Gibson, C. J., held that real estate brokers acting as same came within purview of statute... 1962 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Marsh V. County School Bd. Of Roanoke County, Va. 305 F.2d 94, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 8535 (6/12/1962) Action by Negro public school pupils for declaratory judgment that Pupil Placement Act was being administered by defendants, county school officials, so as to deprive them of their constitutional rights to unsegregated education, and for injunctive relief. The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke, Oren R.... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Martin V. Com. 361 S.W.2d 654, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/22/1962) Prosecution for wilful murder. The Circuit Court, Fayette County, Joseph J. Bradley, J., entered a judgment of conviction and the defendant appealed. The Court of Appeals, Stewart, C. J., held that Negro defendant, who was convicted by jury for which three Negroes had been called to serve, failed to show denial of constitutional rights due to... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination V. Colangelo 344 Mass. 387, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex (5/16/1962) Proceeding by the Commission Against Discrimination against the owner and rental agent of an apartment building to enforce the commission's order arising from a charge of unlawful discriminatory practices in refusal to rent an apartment to complainant because of his color. The Superior Court, O'Connell, J., reported the case without a decision for... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Maxwell V. County Bd. Of Ed. Of Davidson County, Tenn. 301 F.2d 828, United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 14607 (4/4/1962) Action to enforce right of infant Negro plaintiffs to attend desegregated public schools. The United States District court for the Middle Destrict of Tennessee, Nashville Division, William E. Miller, J., entered an order unsatisfactory factory to plaintiffs and they appealed. The Court of Appeals, Cecil, Circuit Judge, held that school... 1962 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Meredith V. Fair 305 F.2d 341, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 19475 (2/12/1962) Action by Negro plaintiff to enjoin state university from refusing to admit him. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Sidney C. Mize, J., 202 F.Supp. 224, denied relief, and plaintiff appealed and moved for an injunction pending appeal. The Court of Appeals held that plaintiff was not entitled to injunction... 1962 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Meredith V. Fair 305 F.2d 343, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 19475 (6/25/1962) Action by Negro applicant to enjoin Mississippi university authorities from refusing to admit him. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Sidney C. Mize, J., 202 F.Supp. 224, denied relief, and applicant appealed. The Court of Appeals, Wisdom, Circuit Judge, held that record established that applicant had been... 1962 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Meredith V. Fair 202 F.Supp. 224, United States District Court S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division, Docket Number CIV. 3130 (2/3/1962) Action brought by member of the Negro race asserting that he had been denied admission to the University of Mississippi solely because of his race. The District Court, Mize, Chief Judge. held that evidence established that plaintiff was not denied admission to University of Mississippi as resident, under-graduate, transfer student because of his... 1962 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Meredith V. Fair 83 S.Ct. 10, Supreme Court of the United States (9/10/1962) Motion to vacate orders by which a Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit had purported to stay execution and enforcement of mandates under which that Court had ordered admission of a Negro applicant to the University of Mississippi. Mr. Justice Black held that staying of execution and enforcement of mandates of the United States Court... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Paul V. Lookofsky 353 S.W.2d 549, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (2/2/1962) Suit to enjoin development of segregated housing project. The Graves Circuit Court, Elvis J. Stahr, J., dismissed the action, and plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals, Bird, J., held that injunction would not issue against alleged unconstitutional operation of segregated housing project, where project was still in planning stage and no one had... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Pekar V. Local Union No. 181 of Intern. Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America, Afl-cio 311 F.2d 628, United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 14818 (12/31/1962) Action by union members whose employment was terminated when one of two local plants of employer was sold and bargaining agreement was interpreted to provide only plant-wide seniority, against unions, charging that the unions had acted arbitrarily or with bias and in bad faith or with hostile discrimination to plaintiffs, showing favoritism toward... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Potomac Elec. Power Co. V. Washington Chapter of Congress of Racial Equality 209 F.Supp. 559, United States District Court District of Columbia, Docket Number 3238-62 (10/18/1962) Proceeding on motion of defendants to vacate temporary restraining order. The District Court, Holtzoff, J., held that Norris-LaGuardia Act did not preclude right of utility company to temporarily restrain organization for improvement of economic and social advantages of colored race from distributing stamps, imprinted with slogan regarding merit... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Potomac Elec. Power Co. V. Washington Chapter of Congress of Racial Equality 210 F.Supp. 418, United States District, Court District of Columbia, Docket Number CIV. 3238-62 (11/8/1962) Suit presenting question of the power of equity to restrain interference with business operations and continuous damage to property. On motion by defendant to dismiss the amended complaint, the District Court, Holtzoff, J., held that even if controversy between defendant organization, which did not profess to be a representative of its membership,... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Potomac Elec. Power Co. V. Washington Chapter of Congress of Racial Equality 209 F.Supp. 559, United States District Court District of Columbia, Docket Number 3238-62 (10/18/1962) Proceeding on motion of defendants to vacate temporary restraining order. The District Court, Holtzoff, J., held that Norris-LaGuardia Act did not preclude right of utility company to... 1962 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Potomac Elec. Power Co. V. Washington Chapter of Congress of Racial Equality 210 F.Supp. 418, United States District, Court District of Columbia, Docket Number CIV. 3238-62 (11/8/1962) Suit presenting question of the power of equity to restrain interference with business operations and continuous damage to property. On motion by defendant to dismiss the amended complaint,... 1962 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Ross V. Dyer 312 F.2d 191, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 19912 (12/28/1962) Proceeding involving enforcement of school desegregation plan. From an adverse judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Ben C. Connally, Chief Judge, 203 F.Supp. 124, the plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals, John R. Brown, Circuit Judge, held that under a court imposed stair-step desegregation plan for... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Ross V. Dyer 203 F.Supp. 124, United States District Court S.D. Texas, Houston Division, Docket Number CIV. 10444 (3/19/1962) Proceeding on motions to hold school board in contempt for enforcing rules allegedly constituting unlawful racial discrimination in violation of prior orders of court. The District Court, Connally, J., held that denial of admission of colored child to first grade when parents of child applied for admission after school term had begun and when first... 1962 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Safferstone V. Tucker 235 Ark. 70, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 5-2655 (5/14/1962) Action to restrain school board from transferring students from white elementary school and converting that school into Negro school. The Chancery Court, Second Division, Pulaski County, Guy E. Williams, Chancellor, denied relief, and plaintiffs appealed. The Supreme Court, Bohlinger, J., held that school district board of directors did not abuse... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Seay V. Patterson 207 F.Supp. 755, United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division, Docket Number CIV 1796-N (8/15/1962) Action by Negro for a decree declaring that the Governor's denial of his reappointment as a notary public at large in the State was a deprivation of constitutional rights. The District Court, Johnson, J., held that the Negro had failed to prove that the denial of his reappointment was due to bad faith and solely because of race or color. Cause... 1962 Cases Yes  
Louis Henkin Shelley V. Kraemer: Notes for a Revised Opinion 110 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 473 (February, 1962) For the constitutional lawyer, Shelley v. Kraemer was a portentous decision. If its immediate promise was largely for Negro rights, it cast a shadow of major consequences far beyond racial questions. The case suggested a new and far-reaching concept of state action and state responsibility, a new and far-reaching domain of federal jurisdiction, a... 1962 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Shelton V. State 172 Tex.Crim. 371, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 34062 (4/4/1962) Prosecution for unlawful assembly. The County Criminal Court at Law No. 3, Harris County, Jimmie Duncan, J., rendered judgment, and defendants appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals, Belcher, C., held that evidence sustained conviction of Negroes, who were jointly charged with two members of white race, for unlawful assembly at entrance to... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Shepard V. Board of Ed. Of City of Englewood 207 F.Supp. 341, United States District Court D. New Jersey, Docket Number CIV 106-62 (7/9/1962) Action to enjoin operation of racially segregated elementary school system. The District Court, Augelli, J., held that absent showing that resort to New Jersey Commissioner of Education would be futile, and in view of state's clearly expressed policy against racial discrimination, parties claiming that city's neighborhood school policy resulted in... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Simkins V. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital 211 F.Supp. 628, United States District Court, M.D. North CarolinaGreensboro Division. , Docket Number C-57-G-62 (12/5/1962) Suit instituted by Negro citizens for declaratory and injunctive relief alleging that defendants, private hospitals, had unconstitutionally discriminated against them because of race. The District Court, Stanley, Chief Judge, held that total government involvement and participation with respect to licensed private hospitals which were exempt from... 1962 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
Elizabeth S. Landis South African Apartheid Legislation Ii: Extension, Enforcement and Perpetuation 71 Yale Law Journal 437 (January, 1962) The lawyer, who is intimately concerned with the structure of his own society, is by profession fascinated by the mechanics through which a foreign country puts into effect a social philosophy antithetical to that of his own. Therefore, he must be at once disturbed by and curious about the Union of South Africa, which is repaly attempting to... 1962 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  State V. Brown 240 S.C. 357, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 17921 (6/6/1962) Prosecutions for breach of the peace, growing out of march by Negro students toward business district of city. The General Sessions Court for Orangeburg County, J. B. Pruitt, J., rendered judgments of conviction and the defendants appealed. The Supreme Court, Lewis, J., held that the evidence presented a case for the jury but that absolute refusal... 1962 Cases Yes  
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