AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Taylor V. Peter Kiewit & Sons Co. 271 F.2d 639, United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit, Docket Number 6056 (10/19/1959) Action against government contractor for wrongfully discharging plaintiff from his job as cement finisher because of his race and color. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Willis W. Ritter, J., rendered judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeals, Breitenstein, Circuit Judge, held that evidence... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Taylor V. Peter Kiewit & Sons Co. 271 F.2d 639, United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit, Docket Number 6056 (10/19/1959) Action against government contractor for wrongfully discharging plaintiff from his job as cement finisher because of his race and color. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Willis W. Ritter, J., rendered judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeals, Breitenstein, Circuit Judge, held that evidence... 1959 Cases Yes  
  U. S. ex Rel. Goldsby V. Harpole 263 F.2d 71, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17300 (1/16/1959) Petition for a writ of habeas corpus by convicted colored defendant on the ground of systematic exclusion of Negroes from jury service. From a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Claude F. Clayton, J., the petitioner appeals. The United States Court of Appeals, Rives, Circuit Judge, held that... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  U. S. ex Rel. Goldsby V. Harpole 263 F.2d 71, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17300 (1/16/1959) Petition for a writ of habeas corpus by convicted colored defendant on the ground of systematic exclusion of Negroes from jury service. From a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Claude F. Clayton, J., the petitioner appeals. The United States Court of Appeals, Rives, Circuit Judge, held that... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  U.s. V. Raines 172 F.Supp. 552, United States District Court M.D. Georgia, Americus Division, Docket Number CIV. 442 (4/16/1959) Action by the Attorney General of the United States seeking preventive relief against alleged deprivation of voting rights of certain named persons on account of their race or color. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Davis, Chief Judge, held that the statute providing that race, color or previous condition shall... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  U.s. V. Raines 172 F.Supp. 552, United States District Court M.D. Georgia, Americus Division, Docket Number CIV. 442 (4/16/1959) Action by the Attorney General of the United States seeking preventive relief against alleged deprivation of voting rights of certain named persons on account of their race or color. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Davis, Chief Judge, held that the statute providing that race, color or previous condition shall... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  U.s. V. State of Ala. 267 F.2d 808, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17684 (6/16/1959) Action by United States against State of Alabama, county board of registrars and two alleged members of board, for preventive relief against interference with right to vote because of race and color. The United States District Court, Frank M. Johnson, Jr., J., 171 F.Supp. 720, dismissed action as to all defendants and United States appealed. The... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  U.s. V. State of Ala. 267 F.2d 808, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17684 (6/16/1959) Action by United States against State of Alabama, county board of registrars and two alleged members of board, for preventive relief against interference with right to vote because of race and color. The United States District Court, Frank M. Johnson, Jr., J., 171 F.Supp. 720, dismissed action as to all defendants and United States appealed. The... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Whitfield V. United Steelworkers of America, Local No. 2708 263 F.2d 546, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17290 (1/30/1959) Class action by five Negro members of integrated union against union and employer, attacking validity of collective bargaining agreement. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Joe M. Ingraham, J., 156 F.Supp. 430, entered judgment, and plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals, Wisdom, Circuit Judge, held that record... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Whitfield V. United Steelworkers of America, Local No. 2708 263 F.2d 546, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17290 (1/30/1959) Class action by five Negro members of integrated union against union and employer, attacking validity of collective bargaining agreement. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Joe M. Ingraham, J., 156 F.Supp. 430, entered judgment, and plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals, Wisdom, Circuit Judge, held that record... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Williams V. Howard Johnson's Restaurant 268 F.2d 845, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 7867 (7/16/1959) Action complaining that defendant, operating private restaurant in state of Virginia, violated plaintiff's federal rights in refusing to serve him because he was a Negro. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at Alexandria, Albert V. Bryan, J., dismissed the action and plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeals, Soper,... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Williams V. Howard Johnson's Restaurant 268 F.2d 845, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 7867 (7/16/1959) Action complaining that defendant, operating private restaurant in state of Virginia, violated plaintiff's federal rights in refusing to serve him because he was a Negro. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at Alexandria, Albert V. Bryan, J., dismissed the action and plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeals, Soper,... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Aaron V. Cooper 163 F.Supp. 13, United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division, Docket Number 3113 (6/20/1958) Proceeding on petition by members of school board and superintendent of schools for order permitting them to suspend operation of court approved plan of gradual racial integration in public school. The District Court, Lemley, J., held that where on account of popular opposition to school board's plan of gradual racial integration of public school,... 1958 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Aaron V. Cooper 163 F.Supp. 13, United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division, Docket Number 3113 (6/20/1958) Proceeding on petition by members of school board and superintendent of schools for order permitting them to suspend operation of court approved plan of gradual racial integration in public school. The District Court, Lemley, J., held that where on account of popular opposition to school board's plan of gradual racial integration of public school,... 1958 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Aaron V. Cooper 261 F.2d 97, United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 16094 (11/10/1958) Negro students brought suit against members of board of independent school district of city and superintendent of schools to enjoin them from leasing senior high schools to private school corporation, which intended to operate the schools on segregated basis. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, John E. Miller, J.,... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Aaron V. Cooper 261 F.2d 97, United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 16094 (11/10/1958) Negro students brought suit against members of board of independent school district of city and superintendent of schools to enjoin them from leasing senior high schools to private school corporation, which intended to operate the schools on segregated basis. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, John E. Miller, J.,... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Allen V. County School Bd. Of Prince Edward County, Va. 164 F.Supp. 786, United States District Court E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division, Docket Number CIV. 1333 (8/4/1958) School segregation case. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Sterling Hutcheson, Chief Judge, held that a motion to intervene by practicing attorney should be denied; that costs should be granted as indicated in the petition; and that where local school authorities indicated their purpose to proceed with a... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Allen V. County School Bd. Of Prince Edward County, Va. 164 F.Supp. 786, United States District Court E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division, Docket Number CIV. 1333 (8/4/1958) School segregation case. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Sterling Hutcheson, Chief Judge, held that a motion to intervene by practicing attorney should be denied; that costs should be granted as indicated in the petition; and that where local school authorities indicated their purpose to proceed with a... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Baldwin V. Morgan 251 F.2d 780, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16717 (1/14/1958) Class action by Negroes for injunction and declaratory relief against compulsory segregation in railroad waiting rooms. The District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Seybourn H. Lynne, Chief Judge, dismissed the action, 149 F.Supp. 224, and plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals, John R. Brown, Circuit Judge, held that the facts that... 1958 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Baldwin V. Morgan 251 F.2d 780, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16717 (1/14/1958) Class action by Negroes for injunction and declaratory relief against compulsory segregation in railroad waiting rooms. The District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Seybourn H. Lynne, Chief Judge, dismissed the action, 149 F.Supp. 224, and plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals, John R. Brown, Circuit Judge, held that the facts that... 1958 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Cameron V. State 233 Miss. 404, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 40775 (4/28/1958) Defendant was convicted of rape and from a judgment of the Circuit Court, Lincoln County, Tom P. Brady, J., the defendant appeals. The Supreme Court, McGehee, C. J., held that the evidence did not establish a denial of due process of law on the alleged ground of systematic exclusion of Negroes from jury service; that the confession of defendant was... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Cameron V. State 233 Miss. 404, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 40775 (4/28/1958) Defendant was convicted of rape and from a judgment of the Circuit Court, Lincoln County, Tom P. Brady, J., the defendant appeals. The Supreme Court, McGehee, C. J., held that the evidence did not establish a denial of due process of law on the alleged ground of systematic exclusion of Negroes from jury service; that the confession of defendant was... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Constitutional Right to Membership in a Labor Union 10 Stanford Law Review 557 (May, 1958) Constitutional Law--Labor Law--Railway Labor Act--Unions.--Several negro firemen brought an action in a federal district court to compel defendant union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLFE), to admit them to membership. Defendant was the certified bargaining representative for all railway firemen, but had denied membership to... 1958 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Constitutional Right to Membership in a Labor Union 10 Stanford Law Review 557 (May, 1958) Constitutional Law--Labor Law--Railway Labor Act--Unions.--Several negro firemen brought an action in a federal district court to compel defendant union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLFE), to admit them to membership. Defendant was the certified bargaining representative for all railway firemen, but had denied membership to... 1958 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  County School Bd. Of Arlington County, Va. V. Thompson 252 F.2d 929, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 7543 (2/12/1958) School segregation case. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria, Albert V. Bryan, J., entered an order enjoining defendants from refusing to admit children to schools to which they had applied for admission, and defendants appealed. The Court of Appeals, Per Curiam, held that, ordinarily, an injunctive... 1958 Cases Yes  
  County School Bd. Of Arlington County, Va. V. Thompson 252 F.2d 929, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 7543 (2/12/1958) School segregation case. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria, Albert V. Bryan, J., entered an order enjoining defendants from refusing to admit children to schools to which they had applied for admission, and defendants appealed. The Court of Appeals, Per Curiam, held that, ordinarily, an injunctive... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Covington V. Edwards 165 F.Supp. 957, United States District Court M.D. North Carolina, Rockingham Division, Docket Number CIV. 323-R (9/12/1958) Action for interlocutory and permanent judgment declaring certain sections of constitution and any customs, practices and usages pursuant to which plaintiffs were segregated in schooling because of race to be unconstitutional and for interlocutory and permanent injunctions ordering defendants to present a plan of desegregation for county schools.... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Covington V. Edwards 165 F.Supp. 957, United States District Court M.D. North Carolina, Rockingham Division, Docket Number CIV. 323-R (9/12/1958) Action for interlocutory and permanent judgment declaring certain sections of constitution and any customs, practices and usages pursuant to which plaintiffs were segregated in schooling because of race to be unconstitutional and for interlocutory and permanent injunctions ordering defendants to present a plan of desegregation for county schools.... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Darby V. Daniel 168 F.Supp. 170, United States District Court S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division, Docket Number CIV. 2748 (11/6/1958) Class action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief with respect to alleged discrimination against Negro voters and for injunction against enforcement of Mississippi champerty and maintenance statutes. The three-judge District Court, Cameron, Circuit Judge, held that the 1955 amendment to the Mississippi Constitution providing that elector... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Darby V. Daniel 168 F.Supp. 170, United States District Court S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division, Docket Number CIV. 2748 (11/6/1958) Class action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief with respect to alleged discrimination against Negro voters and for injunction against enforcement of Mississippi champerty and maintenance statutes. The three-judge District Court, Cameron, Circuit Judge, held that the 1955 amendment to the Mississippi Constitution providing that elector... 1958 Cases Yes  
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