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Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae and Brief, Marshall V. U.s. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 197, 236, 248, 249, 766 (10/18/1949) |
The Civil Rights Congress (hereinafter called the Congress) respectfully moves for leave to file a brief amicus curiae in support of the petitions for certiorari herein and in support of... |
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Namba V. Mccourt |
185 Or. 579, Supreme Court of Oregon (3/29/1949) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Multnomah County; James W. Crawford, Judge. Suit for declaratory decree by Kenji Namba and others against John B. McCourt, District Attorney of Multnomah County, and another. From the decree, the plaintiffs appeal. Reversed and remanded. |
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New Zion Baptist Church V. Strain |
39 So.2d 185, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, Docket Number 3080 (3/7/1949) |
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Feliciana; H. H. Kilbourne, Judge. Possessory action by the New Zion Baptist Church and others against Roy Strain and wife for judgment that plaintiffs were entitled to possession of realty and to enjoin defendants from trespassing on realty or from interfering with plaintiffs in their... |
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Opening Brief for Petitioners, Hughes V. Superior Court of the State of California |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 61 (10/22/1949) |
The opinion of the Supreme Court of the State of California (R. 90) below is reported in 32 Cal. (2d) 850. The opinion of the District Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division... |
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Owens-illinois Glass Co. V. N.l.r.b. |
176 F.2d 172, United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit, Docket Number 9785 (7/15/1949) |
On Petition to Review and Set Aside an Order of the National Labor Relations Board. Proceeding by Owens-Illinois Glass Company against the National Labor Relations Board to review and set aside an order of the Board, wherein the Board requested enforcement of its order. Order vacated and set aside and Board's request for enforcement denied. |
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Patton V. State |
207 Miss. 120, Supreme Court of Mississippi, in Banc, Docket Number 37076 (5/23/1949) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lauderdale County; Jesse M. Graham, Judge. Eddie (Buster) Patton was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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People V. Adamson |
34 Cal.2d 320, Supreme Court of California, in Bank, Docket Number CR. 4989 (9/29/1949) |
Admiral Dewey Adamson was convicted of murder in the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Thomas L. Ambrose, J., and he appealed from an order denying his motion to vacate in the nature of coram nobis. The Supreme Court, Schauer, J., dismissed the appeal holding that no grounds for relief within the scope of the writ of coram nobis were stated and... |
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People V. Dessaure |
299 N.Y. 126, Court of Appeals of New York (4/14/1949) |
Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department. William J. Dessaure was convicted in trial by jury in Nassau County Court, Ritchie, J., of assault in the second degree after denial of motion to vacate the indictment by Hill, Acting County Judge, 193 Misc. 381, 68 N.Y.S.2d 108, and on affirmance of the conviction, 273 App.Div. 984,... |
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Plywood-plastics Corp. |
85 NLRB No. 48, N.L.R.B, Docket Number Case No. 10-RC-521 (7/19/1949) |
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1949 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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Private Attorneys-general: Group Action in the Fight for Civil Liberties |
58 Yale Law Journal 574 (March, 1949) |
Those who look to the government for protection or gain have long recognized the comparative inadequacy of individual action. They have learned that government will best serve those who merge their efforts into effective organizations. The law of civil liberties, as developed by courts, legislatures, and administrative agencies over the last two... |
1949 |
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Seawell V. Macwithey |
2 N.J.Super. 255, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Docket Number C-334-48 (1/10/1949) |
Action by Charles Seawell and others against James L. MacWithey, the members of the city council, and mayor of the city of East Orange, the commissioner of the department of economic... |
1949 |
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This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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Seawell V. Macwithey |
2 N.J. 563, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Docket Number A-325 (6/30/1949) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Chancery Division. Action by Charles Seawell and others against James L. MacWithey and others, individually and as members of city council of City of East Orange, Charles H. Martens, Mayor of the City of East Orange, the City of East Orange, Charles R. Erdman, Jr., Commissioner of Department of Economic Development of... |
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Smith V. Balkcom |
205 Ga. 408, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 16682 (6/15/1949) |
Error from City Court, of Reidsville; J. Ellis Pope, Judge. Habeas corpus proceeding by Ernest Smith against R. P. Balkcon, Jr., warden at the state prison, to secure the plaintiff's release from custody. To review a judgment recommiting the plaintiff to the custody of the warden, the plaintiff brings error. Judgment affirmed. |
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State ex Rel. Culinary Workers Union, Local No. 226 V. Eighth Judicial Dist. Ct. In and for Clark County |
66 Nev. 166, Supreme Court of Nevada, Docket Number 3561 (6/24/1949) |
Original proceeding by the State of Nevada on the relation of Culinary Workers Union, Local No. 226, Allen Shorr, also known as John Doe I and Vivian Shorr, also known as Jane Doe I, against the Eighth Judicial District Court of the state of Nevada, in and for the county of Clark, and the Honorable A. S. Henderson, Judge of Department No. 2... |
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This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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State ex Rel. Meloy V. Barger |
227 Ind. 678, Supreme Court of Indiana, Docket Number 28625 (11/9/1949) |
The State of Indiana, on the relation of Harold Meloy, prosecuting attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana, instituted an original mandamus proceeding against Harold G. Barger, Judge of the Shelby Circuit Court, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana, respondent, to require respondent to exercise jurisdiction... |
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State ex Rel. St. Louis-s. F. Ry. Co. V. Russell |
358 Mo. 1136, Supreme Court of Missouri, en Banc, Docket Number 41176 (3/14/1949) |
Original prohibition proceeding by the State of Missouri at the relation of St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, a corporation, against Honorable Harry F. Russell, Judge of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, to prohibit respondent from proceeding in a case brought by two of relator's train porters asking declaratory and... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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State V. Daniels |
231 N.C. 17, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 294 (11/2/1949) |
Bennie Daniels and Lloyd Ray Daniels were convicted of first degree murder, without recommendation of mercy, and were sentenced to death by the Superior Court of Pitt County, Clawson L. Williams, J., and they brought certiorari. The Supreme Court, Seawell, J., denied the writ because of defendants' delay of one day in serving the statement of case... |
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This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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State V. De Lavallade |
215 La. 123, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 38575 (2/14/1949) |
Suit by the State of Louisiana against Emma DeLavallade and Modjeska Hithe, administratrices of the estate of John B. Lafargue, deceased, and Emma DeLavallade, individually, and others as alleged heirs of the deceased, to have judgment recognizing defendants as heirs of the deceased and sending them into possession of his estate annulled, and for a... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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State V. Mckinney |
94 N.E.2d 392, Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Mahoning County, Docket Number 3272 (3/21/1949) |
Robert L. McKinney was convicted in the Court of Common Pleas of Mahoning County of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life and he appealed. The Court of Appeals, Phillips, J., held that the evidence sustained conviction and that the errors assigned were without merit. Judgment affirmed. |
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State V. Pittman |
221 S.W.2d 163, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2, Docket Number 41374 (6/13/1949) |
Isaiah Pittman was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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State V. Reid |
230 N.C. 561, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 76 (6/16/1949) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Wilson County; W. H. S. Burgwyn, Special Judge. Allen T. Reid was convicted of burglary in the first degree, and he appeals. No error. |
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State V. Speller |
230 N.C. 345, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 147 (5/4/1949) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Bertie County; R. Hunt Parker, Judge. Raleigh Speller was convicted of rape, and he appeals. New trial. |
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State V. Stewart |
2 N.J.Super. 15, Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, Part A, Docket Number A-58 (3/8/1949) |
Charles Stewart was indicted for resisting arrest, and Wesley Mitchell was indicted for interfering with a police officer and for assault and battery. Writs of certiorari were allowed and motions were made to the former Supreme Court to quash the indictment, and the causes were transferred to the superior court. Motion denied and writs dismissed. |
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Statement as to Jurisdiction, Henderson V. U.s. |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 25 (2/17/1949) |
Elmer W. Henderson, plaintiff in the above entitled cause, respectfully presents the following statement disclosing the basis upon which it is contended that the Supreme Court of the United... |
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Statutory Ban on Interracial Marriage Invalidated by Fourteenth Amendment |
1 Stanford Law Review 289 (January, 1949) |
The protection of the civil rights of minority groups has been a dominant theme for the United States Supreme Court in recent years. This trend is now being reflected in state appellate court cases. A striking example is the decision of the California Supreme Court invalidating California's antimiscegenation statute. In that case, Andrea Perez, a... |
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Stubbs V. State |
206 Miss. 485, Supreme Court of Mississippi, in Banc, Docket Number 37112 (5/9/1949) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Simpson County; Homer Currie, Judge. R. D. Stubbs and others were convicted of gambling, and they appeal. Affirmed in part and reversed and judgment rendered in part. |
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Supplemental Brief for the State of Texas, Respondent, Cassell V. Texas |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 46 (11/21/1949) |
Pursuant to request made in open court during oral argument of the above-styled cause, the State of Texas files this, its supplemental brief. Petitioner contends that this record shows that... |
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Sweeney V. City of Louisville |
309 Ky. 465, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (2/22/1949) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Chancery Branch, First Division, Jefferson County; Lawrence F. Speckman, Judge. Petition by Dr. P. O. Sweeney against City of Louisville and others, for a writ of mandamus to prevent defendants from effectuating resolutions of a former board of parks commissioners, adopted by director of Department of Parks and... |
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The Adamson Case: a Study in Constitutional Technique |
58 Yale Law Journal 268 (January, 1949) |
To avoid an arbitrary discretion in the courts, it is indispensable that they should be bound down by strict rules and precedents, which serve to define and point out their duty in every particular case that comes before them.. Alexander Hamilton . constitutional law like other mortal contrivances has to take some chances.. Oliver Wendell... |
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Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Louis L. Jaffe |
The Judicial Universe of Mr. Justice Frankfurter |
62 Harvard Law Review 357 (January, 1949) |
Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office and custom, in all line of order; . O, when degree is shaked, Which is the ladder of all high designs, The enterprise is sick! . Force should be right; or rather, right and wrong, Between whose endless jar justice resides, Should lose their names, and so should... |
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