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U.s. V. Day |
U.S. Army Board of Review, Docket Number CM 349216 (2/29/1952) |
Sentence adjudged 1 October 1951. Approved sentence: Death. |
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U.s. V. Flynn |
106 F.Supp. 966, United States District Court, S.D. New York (7/25/1952) |
Prosecution by the United States of America against several defendants for conspiring to advocate and teach the duty of overthrowing the Federal Government by force and organizing a group of persons to teach and advocate the overthrowing of the Federal Government by force, wherein the defendants filed a challenge to the array, and the prosecution... |
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U.s. V. Mathis |
U.S. Air Force Board of Review, Docket Number ACM S-3514 (10/22/1952) |
Sentence adjudged 9 June 1952 by Special Court-Martial convened at McAndrew Air Force Base, Newfoundland. Approved sentence: Bad conduct discharge, forfeitures $50.00 per month for six (6) months, confinement at hard labor for six (6) months. |
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White V. Anderson |
207 Okla. 509, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 35108 (11/12/1952) |
Proceeding on application of decedent's nephew for letters of administration, wherein decedent's alleged half-brother objected and sought letters of administration. The County Court of Oklahoma County ordered letters to issue to the objectant. The District Court of Oklahoma County affirmed after trial de novo, and the petitioner appealed. The... |
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Williams V. Kansas City, Mo. |
104 F.Supp. 848, United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, Western Division, Docket Number 7078 (4/8/1952) |
Action by Esther Williams and others against the City of Kansas City, Missouri, a municipal corporation, and others for declaratory judgment and injunction for claimed deprivation under color of state law of rights, privileges and immunities secured to plaintiffs by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of United States. The District Court,... |
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Williamson V. State |
30 Beeler 341, Supreme Court of Tennessee (6/7/1952) |
Conviction in the Criminal Court, Fayette County, Mark A. Walker, J., of murder in the first degree, and defendant brought error. The Supreme Court, Prewitt, J., held that conflicting evidence presented a question as to credibility of witnesses, exclusively for jury. Judgment affirmed with modification of sentence and petition to rehear denied. |
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Agnew V. State |
36 Ala.App. 205, Court of Appeals of Alabama, Docket Number 6 DIV. 235 (8/2/1951) |
Hosea Agnew was convicted in the Circuit Court of Fayette County, Verdo Elmore, J., for miscegenation, and he appealed. The Court of Appeals, Harwood, J., held that admission in evidence of a certified copy of a petition, filed in the Juvenile Court of such county by a woman jointly indicted with defendant for such offense, to have her child made a... |
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Alabama Public Service Commission V. Higginbotham |
256 Ala. 621, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 6 DIV. 141 (10/18/1951) |
The New Deal Riding Club applied to the Alabama Public Service Commission for a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate as a common carrier of passengers and Alton C. Higginbotham appeared in protest. The Commission granted the certificate and Higginbotham appealed. The Circuit Court, Jefferson County, in equity, E. M. Creel, J.,... |
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Answer to Petition for Mandamus, Return to Rule to Show Cause and Reply to Petitioners' Brief., Cogdell |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 71 (10/1/1951) |
IN LIEU OF A PARAGRAPH BY PARAGRAPH ANSWER TO THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS AND A RETURN TO THE RULE TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE PETITION SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED, RESPONDENTS HAVE FULLY... |
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Appellant's Brief, Beauharnais V. the People of the State of Illinois |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 118 (11/6/1951) |
To the Chief Justice of the United States and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States: The American Civil Liberties Union through its counsel appearing herein on... |
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Appellant's Statement, Brief and Argument., Day-brite Lighting, Inc. V. Missouri |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 317 (12/26/1951) |
A. State v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc., 220 S. W. 2d 782, St. Louis Court of Appeals, 1949 (R. 25). B. State v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc., 240 S. W. 2d 886, Mo. Sup., 1951 (R. 37).... |
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Blue V. Durham Public School Dist. |
95 F.Supp. 441, United States District Court M.D. North Carolina, Durham Division, Docket Number CIV. 136 (1/26/1951) |
Carolyn J. Blue and others brought suit against the Durham Public School District, a body corporate under the laws of the State of North Carolina, and others for injunctive relief, on ground that defendants were depriving plaintiffs of their constitutional right to equal protection of the law, on account of their race and color, by allegedly... |
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Brief for Appellant, Coleman V. Mcgrath |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 264 (10/1/1951) |
The district court entered no opinion in this case. On March 20, 1951, it entered an order (R. 5) in which it stated its conclusion that the Act of October 16, 1918, as amended by the Act... |
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Brief for Appellants, Gray V. the Bd. Of Trustees of the University of Tennessee |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 120 (12/19/1951) |
After notice and hearing, the statutory three-judge District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee disclaimed jurisdiction as a statutory three-judge court and remanded the cause for... |
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Brief for Petitioners, Shepherd V. Florida |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 420 (3/7/1951) |
The opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida is reported in 46 So. 2d. 880. This opinion and the order denying petitioner's motion for rehearing appear at pages 400 and 409 of the record.... |
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Brief for the Respondent., Tenney V. Brandhove |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 338 (2/19/1951) |
To the Honorable Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States, and to the Honorable Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States: Respondent, William Patrick... |
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Brief for the State of Texas, Respondent, Ross V. Texas |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 600 (4/17/1951) |
FN1. Because this appeal is in forma pauperis, and in the interest of brevity, Respondent did not object to the preparation of a Transcript of Record in this Court which omits the portion... |
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Brief of Appellant Replying to Appellees' Statement in Opposition to Jurisdiction, and Opposing Appellees' Motion to Dismiss or Affirm., Butler V. Thompson |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 713 (5/2/1951) |
The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to review the decision of the District Court in the above matter is conferred by Title 28, United States Code, Sections 1253, 2281, 2284 and 2101(a)... |
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Briggs V. Elliott |
98 F.Supp. 529, United States District Court E.D. South Carolina, Charleston Division, Docket Number CIV. 2657 (6/23/1951) |
Harry Briggs, Jr., and others sued R. W. Elliott, chairman, and the other members of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 22, Clarendon County, South Carolina, and others for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The three judge district court, Parker, Circuit Judge, held that the plaintiffs were entitled to a declaration to the... |
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Briggs V. Rodriguez |
236 S.W.2d 510, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio, Docket Number 12209 (1/10/1951) |
Action by Castulo Rodriguez and another, against E. H. Briggs to cancel a royalty deed executed by plaintiffs and for damages. From a judgment for plaintiffs in the 103rd District Court for Cameron County, Jas. S. Graham, J., the defendant appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals, Norvell, A. J., held that the question of limitations was properly... |
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen V. Mitchell |
190 F.2d 308, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 13318 (7/11/1951) |
Matt Mitchell, and others, for and in behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, brought an action against the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, their statutory bargaining agent, and their employer, the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, for injunctive relief and for damages as to negotiations had, and to be had, and... |
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Brown V. Crawford |
98 F.Supp. 866, United States District Court E.D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division, Docket Number 541 (7/19/1951) |
Clyde Brown applied for a writ of habeas corpus asking release from detention by J. P. Crawford, Warden, Central Prison of the State of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina. The District Court, Don Gilliam, J., held that in the absence of some unusual situation, a respectful consideration for the action of the state courts, which had considered... |
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Butler V. Alldredge |
219 Ark. 197, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 4-9542 (6/25/1951) |
I. M. Alldredge, administrator, instituted a proceeding to determine the heirship of Minerva Riley Hampton, deceased. Willie Butler and Ed Riley filed claims. The Probate Court, Philips County, A. L. Hutchins, J., entered judgment that the two claimants were entitled to share the estate equally and Willie Butler appealed. The Supreme Court,... |
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Butler V. Thompson |
97 F.Supp. 17, United States District Court E.D. Virginia, Alexandria D, Docket Number CIV. 473 (2/19/1951) |
Jessie Butler brought suit against Mary A. Thompson, Central Registrar for the County of Arlington, Virginia, and others to compel the named defendant to register the plaintiff as a qualified voter, and to compel the other defendants, who were election officials, to permit plaintiff to vote in future elections, and to recover damages for refusal of... |
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Callahan V. Commonwealth |
192 Va. 26, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (3/12/1951) |
Douglas Callahan was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lunenburg County, G. E. Mitchell, Jr., J., of voluntary manslaughter, and he brought error. The Supreme Court of Appeals, Eggleston, J., held that evidence was sufficient to support the verdict. Judgment affirmed. |
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Lloyd Paul Stryker |
Civil Rights in the United States |
64 Harvard Law Review 1221 (May, 1951) |
Civil rights in the United States have undergone vast alterations in recent years. The rapid march of events accompanying the great struggle between Communism and democracy has awakened the executive, legislative and judicial departments to a fresh evaluation of the principles upon which our government is founded, and has resulted in a national... |
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Com. V. Peay |
369 Pa. 72, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (12/19/1951) |
Lester Peay, Charles B. Tarpley, John F. Allen, and Harry W. Truitt, Jr., were convicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Westmoreland County, at No. 194 August Term, 1950, John M. O'Connell, J., of obstructing an officer in attempting to make an arrest and of assaulting and beating an officer, and the same defendants were convicted... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Com. V. Sciullo |
169 Pa.Super. 318, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (7/19/1951) |
Proceedings by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against Emilio Sciullo, Nathan Albert, D. Clemente, Paul Ionadi, and Gabriel Gresson. Nathan Albert was convicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions, Allegheny County, No. 328, October Term, 1948, Harry M. Montgomery, J., of the offense of inciting to riot, and he appealed. The Superior Court, No. 35,... |
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Com. V. Taylor |
327 Mass. 641, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk (7/26/1951) |
William R. Taylor was charged with murder and with robbery, on the first indictment the verdict was guilty of second degree murder and sentence was imposed. In the second case the indictment after verdict was placed on file. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court. The defendant appealed. The Supreme Judicial Court, Williams, J., held... |
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Correll V. Earley |
205 Okla. 366, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 34141 (11/20/1951) |
Action by H. D. Correll and another to enforce covenants in an agreement by property owners restricting alienation to persons of a certain race, and for damages allegedly sustained as a result of conspiracy to injure value of plaintiffs' property. The District Court, Oklahoma County, Lewis R. Morris, J., dismissed the action, and the plaintiffs... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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