Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Type | Key Terms in Title or Summary | Case Status |
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Akins V. State of Tex. |
325 U.S. 398, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 853 (6/4/1945) |
L. C. Akins was convicted of murder with malice. To review a judgment of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 182 S.W.2d 723, affirming the judgment of the District Court, the defendant brings certiorari. Judgment affirmed. Mr. Chief Justice STONE, Mr. Justice BLACK and Mr. Justice MURPHY dissenting. On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal... |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
or overruled. |
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Brief for the Petitioner, Akins V. Texas |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 853 (4/26/1945) |
The opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas in this cause is reported in Akins v. State, 182 S. W. Rep. (2d) pp. 723-724. Your petitioner is a negro, a member of the African race.... |
1945 |
Briefs |
Yes |
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Crist V. Henshaw |
196 Okla. 168, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 32235 (10/28/1945) |
Appeal from District Court, Tulsa County; Harry L. S. Halley, Judge. Suit by Paul A. Crist and others against R. F. Henshaw and another, for permanent injunction restraining defendants from promoting a settlement for negroes in the immediate vicinity of the lands owned by plaintiffs. From an adverse judgment, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
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E. M. D. |
Discrimination by Labor Unions in the Exercise of Statutory Bargaining Powers |
58 Harvard Law Review 448 (February, 1945) |
A labor union, like any other voluntary association, has a common-law privilege, possibly a constitutionally-protected privilege, of selecting its own members. Like any other bargaining group, it has a common-law privilege of bargaining for special advantages for its members. It may, at least in the absence of any prohibitory statute, exclude... |
1945 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Yes |
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Hemsley V. Hough |
195 Okla. 298, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 31656 (3/27/1945) |
Appeal from District Court, Oklahoma County; Lewis R. Morris, Judge. Action by Emma G. Hough against Florence L. Hemsley and another to cancel a rental agreement made with members of the Negro race in a restricted area consisting of one block, and to enjoin violation of a restrictive agreement entered into by a majority of the lot owners. From an... |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Henderson V. U.s. |
63 F.Supp. 906, District Court, D. Maryland, Docket Number CIV 2455 (12/17/1945) |
Suit by Elmer W. Henderson against the United States of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission to set aside an order of the commission with respect to dining car service on the Southern Railway, which order, after finding that plaintiff had been discriminated against by railway's failure to furnish him with service equal to that furnished... |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Jackson V. Imburgia |
184 Misc. 1063, Supreme Court, Monroe County, New York, Special Term (5/7/1945) |
Action by Elmer Jackson against Frank Imburgia, doing business under the style and name of East Main Hotel, also known as Triton Hotel, and Harry Koveleski; and action by James Anthony Jackson against Frank Imburgia, doing business under such style and name, and Tex Doe, to recover statutory penalties for alleged racial discrimination in refusing... |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Ben N. Ramey |
Labor Law-union Contract Discriminating Against Interest of Non-union Members of Craft |
23 Texas Law Review 287 (April, 1945) |
Petitioner, a negro fireman who worked for defendant railroad, was barred because of his race from membership in defendant Brotherhood of Railway Firemen. The Bromerhood, as representative of the craft or class of firemen, concluded a contract with the railroad by the terms of which negro firemen were to be down-graded and eventually eliminated... |
1945 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Yes |
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Morgan V. Commonwealth |
184 Va. 24, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (6/6/1945) |
Error to Circuit Court, Middlesex County; J. Douglas Mitchell, Judge. Irene Morgan was convicted of violating Code 1942, § 4097dd, relating to the segregating of passengers according to color, and she brings error. Affirmed. |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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Motion and Brief for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as Amicus Curiae., Railway Mail Ass'n V. Corsi |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 691 (3/12/1945) |
The undersigned, as counsel for and on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, respectfully move that this Honorable Court grant them leave to file the... |
1945 |
Briefs |
Yes |
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Roles V. School Bd. Of City of Newport News |
61 F.Supp. 395, District Court, E.D. Virginia, Docket Number 6 (5/25/1945) |
Action by Dorothy E. Roles and Newport News Negro Teachers' Association against the School Board and Superintendent of Schools of the City of Newport News, wherein defendants were enjoined from discriminating against Negro teachers in the payment of salaries. Petition by the plaintiff association alleging continued discrimination, on which the... |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Scholtes V. Mccolgan |
184 Md. 480, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Docket Number 23 (3/2/1945) |
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Baltimore County; J. Howard Murray, Judge. Suit by Michael B. Scholtes against Charles G. McColgan to restrain defendant from selling land or any part thereof to any person of the Negro race. From an order dismissing the bill, the plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
or overruled. |
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Shideler V. Roberts |
69 Cal.App.2d 549, District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 1, California, Docket Number CIV. 14673 (6/13/1945) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Los Angeles County; Myron Westover, Judge. Action by Andrew F. Shideler and others against Bolden B. Roberts and wife, seeking to enjoin defendants from permitting a certain lot to be occupied by any person or persons not of the White or Caucasian Race, in violation of the terms of an agreement. Judgment for plaintiffs,... |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Thompson V. Gibbes |
60 F.Supp. 872, District Court, E.D. South Carolina, Columbia Division, Docket Number CIV 1273 (5/26/1945) |
Action by Albert N. Thompson, individually and on behalf of the negro teachers and principals in School District No. 1 of Richland County, against J. Heyward Gibbes and others, constituting the Board of School Commissioners of School District No. 1 of Richland County, State of South Carolina, and another for declaratory judgment and injunction to... |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Tunstall V. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen |
148 F.2d 403, Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 5125 (4/9/1945) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Luther B. Way, Judge. Action by Tom Tunstall against the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Ocean Lodge No. 76, Port Norfolk Lodge No. 775, and others, for declaratory judgment, injunction, and damages on account of discriminatory... |
1945 |
Cases |
Yes |
This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
or overruled. |
Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr. |
An American Dilemma, the Negro Problem and Modern Democracy |
58 Harvard Law Review 285 (December, 1944) |
To students of American civilization Gunnar Myrdal deserves to be as well known as Alexis de Tocqueville or James Bryce. Like them, Myrdal is a foreigner who has written a better report than any native on certain phases of our institutions, mores and values. However, unlike Democracy in America, and The American Commonwealth, An American Dilemma... |
1944 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Yes |
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Clay V. Crawford |
298 Ky. 654, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (11/24/1944) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Gilbert Burnett, Judge. Suit by Peter G. Crawford and others against J. J. Clay and others to have certain deeds covering certain property declared void and to have the title thereto adjudged to be in the trustees of the original church, Asbury Chapel of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Sam Minter |
Constitutional Law-primary Elections-state Function Within the Fifteenth Amendment |
22 Texas Law Review 498 (June, 1944) |
The respondent election judges, pursuant to a resolution of the Texas Democratic Convention, refused the petitioner, a Negro, a ballot in a primary election solely because of his race and color. The federal district court's denial of damages was affirmed by the circuit court of appeals on the authority of Grovey v. Townsend, 295 U.S. 45 (1935),... |
1944 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
Yes |
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Davis V. Commonwealth |
182 Va. 760, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (6/22/1944) |
From the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk, No. 2; James U. Goode, Judge. Sarah B. Davis was convicted of a violation of the statute providing for the separation of white and colored passengers in motor busses and she brings error. Reversed and dismissed. |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Davis V. Cook |
55 F.Supp. 1004, District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division, Docket Number CIV. 2682 (6/29/1944) |
Action by Samuel L. Davis, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, against E. S. Cook and others for a declaratory judgment that colored teachers and principals in schools of Atlanta were discriminated against by the paying of less salaries than were being paid to white teachers and principals and for injunctive relief. On... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Hemsley V. Sage |
194 Okla. 669, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 31591 (11/28/1944) |
Suit by Andrew L. Sage and Letha P. Sage, husband and wife, against Florence L. Hemsley and another to enforce a contract by which the parties agreed not to sell, lease, or permit the use of any property in one half of a city block to any persons of the Negro or African Race. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appealed. Affirmed. |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
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James V. International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America |
54 F.Supp. 94, District Court, N.D. California, Southern Division, 22972, 22992, Docket Number 22993 (1/6/1944) |
Consolidated actions by Joseph James and others, by W. H. Griffin and others, and by Earl C. Browne and others, against International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America, and others, for an injunction to restrain the defendant Brotherhood from compelling plaintiffs, who are all of the colored race, and others... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Morris V. Williams |
59 F.Supp. 508, District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division, Docket Number CIV. 555 (1/5/1944) |
Action by Susie Morris against Robert M. Williams, chairman, Murray O. Reed, Secretary, Mrs. W. P. McDermott and others, constituting the Board of Directors of the Little Rock Special School District, and others for a declaratory judgment and injunction with respect to policy or custom allegedly maintained by defendants of paying colored teachers... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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Most Worshipful St. Joseph Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Colored, V. Most Worshipful St. John's Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Oklahoma Jurisdiction |
194 Okla. 434, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 31533 (10/17/1944) |
Appeal from District Court, Creek County; C. O. Beaver, Judge. Action by the Most Worshipful St. John's Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Oklahoma Jurisdiction, against The Most Worshipful St. Joseph Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Colored, and Mount Olive Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Colored, and Daughters... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Motion and Brief for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as Amicus Curiae, Tunstall V. Broth. Of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number Nos. 37, 45 (11/20/1944) |
The undersigned, as counsel for and on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, respectfully move this Honorable Court for leave to file the accompanying... |
1944 |
Briefs |
Yes |
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Steele V. Louisville & N.r. Co. |
323 U.S. 192, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 45 (12/18/1944) |
Suit by Bester William Steele against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and others to enjoin enforcement of agreements between the named defendants that discriminate against negro firemen in favor of white firemen and for other relief. A decree dismissing the bill was affirmed by the... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
or overruled. |
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Stone V. Jones |
66 Cal.App.2d 264, District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 1, California, Docket Number CIV. 14146 (10/6/1944) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Los Angeles County; Arthur Coats, Judge. Action by Frances Maude Stone and others against Clarence A. Jones and another to enforce a covenant and agreement entered into by certain lot owners that lots involved should not be used or occupied by persons other than the Caucasian race. From a judgment for plaintiffs and from... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
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Tunstall V. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen |
140 F.2d 35, Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 5125 (1/10/1944) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Luther B. Way, Judge. Action by Tom Tunstall, in behalf of himself and other Negro firemen employed by the Norfolk Southern Railway Company, against such company, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and others for a declaratory... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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Tunstall V. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Ocean Lodge No. 76 |
323 U.S. 210, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 37 (12/18/1944) |
Action by Tom Tunstall against the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Ocean Lodge No. 76, Port Norfolk Lodge No. 775, and others for declaratory judgment, injunction and damages on account of discriminatory contract entered into between bargaining representative chosen under Railway Labor Act and carrier in favor of white and against... |
1944 |
Cases |
Yes |
This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
or overruled. |
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Proctor V. Mount Vernon Arena |
265 A.D. 701, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York (4/5/1943) |
Appeal from Supreme Court, Westchester County; Davis, Justice. Action by Hilda B. Proctor, an infant, by Hilda S. Proctor, her guardian ad litem, against the Mount Vernon Arena, Inc., to recover a penalty under §§ 40 and 41 of the Civil Rights Law prohibiting discrimination because of race, creed, or color. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed... |
1943 |
Cases |
Yes |
This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |