AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Jeffers V. Whitley 165 F.Supp. 951, United States District Court M.D. North Carolina, Greensboro Division, Docket Number CIV. 1079-G (9/12/1958) Action to restrain enforcement of provisions of state constitution and general statutes allegedly denying plaintiffs equal protection of the law and for interlocutory and permanent injunctions ordering plan of desegregation of county schools. The District Court, Stanley, J., held that State Board of Education for North Carolina and State... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Jeffers V. Whitley 165 F.Supp. 951, United States District Court M.D. North Carolina, Greensboro Division, Docket Number CIV. 1079-G (9/12/1958) Action to restrain enforcement of provisions of state constitution and general statutes allegedly denying plaintiffs equal protection of the law and for interlocutory and permanent injunctions ordering plan of desegregation of county schools. The District Court, Stanley, J., held that State Board of Education for North Carolina and State... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Johnson V. Yeilding 165 F.Supp. 76, United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division, Docket Number CIV. 9043 (7/2/1958) Negro citizen brought action against members of personnel board of county and director of board for redress for deprivation of civil rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution because they refused to permit Negro citizen to take examination for position of police patrolman of city solely becaue of his race and color.... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Johnson V. Yeilding 165 F.Supp. 76, United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division, Docket Number CIV. 9043 (7/2/1958) Negro citizen brought action against members of personnel board of county and director of board for redress for deprivation of civil rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution because they refused to permit Negro citizen to take examination for position of police patrolman of city solely becaue of his race and color.... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Kelly V. Board of Ed. Of City of Nashville 159 F.Supp. 272, United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division, Docket Number CIV. 2094 (2/18/1958) School desegregation case. The Nashville board of education filed desegregation plan and plaintiffs objected thereto. The District Court, William E. Miller, J., held that the plan did not eliminate racial discrimination by providing for integrated schools in addition to separate white and Negro schools. Plan disapproved and board... 1958 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Kelly V. Board of Ed. Of City of Nashville 159 F.Supp. 272, United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division, Docket Number CIV. 2094 (2/18/1958) School desegregation case. The Nashville board of education filed desegregation plan and plaintiffs objected thereto. The District Court, William E. Miller, J., held that the plan did not eliminate racial discrimination by providing for integrated schools in addition to separate white and Negro schools. Plan disapproved and board... 1958 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Morrison V. Davis 252 F.2d 102, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16886 (2/19/1958) Action by Negro citizens against certain city officials and public transportation company for declaratory judgment as to constitutionality of Louisiana statutes requiring segregation of races on public transportation vehicles. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, J. Skelly Wright, J., entered summary judgment... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Morrison V. Davis 252 F.2d 102, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16886 (2/19/1958) Action by Negro citizens against certain city officials and public transportation company for declaratory judgment as to constitutionality of Louisiana statutes requiring segregation of races on public transportation vehicles. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, J. Skelly Wright, J., entered summary judgment... 1958 Cases Yes  
  National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People V. Patty 159 F.Supp. 503, United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division, Docket Number CIV. 2435, CIV. 2436 (1/21/1958) Action to have declared invalid, and to enjoin enforcement of, Virginia statutes enacted for express purpose of impeding integration of races in public schools of state. The District Court, Soper, Circuit Judge, held that the two registration statutes, and one of the statutes relating to the improper practice of law, were free from... 1958 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People V. Patty 159 F.Supp. 503, United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division, Docket Number CIV. 2435, CIV. 2436 (1/21/1958) Action to have declared invalid, and to enjoin enforcement of, Virginia statutes enacted for express purpose of impeding integration of races in public schools of state. The District Court, Soper, Circuit Judge, held that the two registration statutes, and one of the statutes relating to the improper practice of law, were free from... 1958 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People V. State of Ala. Ex Rel. Patterson 357 U.S. 449, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 91 (6/30/1958) Suit against association to oust it from state and enjoin it from conducting further activities, wherein the association was adjudged in contempt for noncompliance with order requiring it to produce records including names of its members. The Supreme Court of Alabama denied certiorari to review the adjudication, 265 Ala. 349, 91 So.2d 214, and the... 1958 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People V. State of Ala. Ex Rel. Patterson 357 U.S. 449, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 91 (6/30/1958) Suit against association to oust it from state and enjoin it from conducting further activities, wherein the association was adjudged in contempt for noncompliance with order requiring it to produce records including names of its members. The Supreme Court of Alabama denied certiorari to review the adjudication, 265 Ala. 349, 91 So.2d 214, and the... 1958 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People V. Committee on Offenses Against the Administration of Justice 199 Va. 665, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (1/20/1958) Proceeding on motion to quash and dismiss two subpoenas. The Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, W. Moscoe Huntly, J., entered an order denying the motion and movant was granted a writ of error. The Supreme Court of Appeals, Eggleston, J., held that where act creating a joint committee to study and report upon administration and enforcement of... 1958 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People V. Committee on Offenses Against the Administration of Justice 199 Va. 665, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (1/20/1958) Proceeding on motion to quash and dismiss two subpoenas. The Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, W. Moscoe Huntly, J., entered an order denying the motion and movant was granted a writ of error. The Supreme Court of Appeals, Eggleston, J., held that where act creating a joint committee to study and report upon administration and enforcement of... 1958 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  New Orleans City Park Imp. Ass'n V. Detiege 252 F.2d 122, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16864 (2/13/1958) Action for the declaration of rights of the parties and permanently enjoining a municipality from denying Negroes on account of their race or color, the use of park facilities. Judgment for plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, J. Skelly Wright, J., and the municipality appealed. The United States... 1958 Cases Yes  
  New Orleans City Park Imp. Ass'n V. Detiege 252 F.2d 122, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16864 (2/13/1958) Action for the declaration of rights of the parties and permanently enjoining a municipality from denying Negroes on account of their race or color, the use of park facilities. Judgment for plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, J. Skelly Wright, J., and the municipality appealed. The United States... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Oliphant V. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen 262 F.2d 359, United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 13387 (11/26/1958) Action by Negro firemen to compel railroad union to admit plaintiffs to membership where the union had been certified as exclusive bargaining representative and its constitution forbade the admission of Negroes to membership. A judgment for defendants was entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Paul Jones, J.,... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Oliphant V. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen 262 F.2d 359, United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 13387 (11/26/1958) Action by Negro firemen to compel railroad union to admit plaintiffs to membership where the union had been certified as exclusive bargaining representative and its constitution forbade the admission of Negroes to membership. A judgment for defendants was entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Paul Jones, J.,... 1958 Cases Yes  
C. M. Hudspeth Racial Discrimination and Private Education-a Legal Analysis 36 Texas Law Review 704 (May, 1958) Whether private schools can escape the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in the school Segregation Cases is as yet unanswered. The answer is significant not only because of the growing number of private schools, but because of the effect which the outcome may have in influencing other fields of private property rights. Both absolutely, and in... 1958 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
C. M. Hudspeth Racial Discrimination and Private Education-a Legal Analysis 36 Texas Law Review 704 (May, 1958) Whether private schools can escape the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in the school Segregation Cases is as yet unanswered. The answer is significant not only because of the growing number of private schools, but because of the effect which the outcome may have in influencing other fields of private property rights. Both absolutely, and in... 1958 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Ratcliff V. State 234 Miss. 724, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 41052 (12/15/1958) Defendant was convicted of cohabiting with a white man and from the judgment of the Circuit Court, Lamar County, Sebe Dale, J., the defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Gillespie, J., held, inter alia, that cohabitation between a white person and a Negro, between whom marriages are prohibited, is not punishable as a felony under statute providing... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Ratcliff V. State 234 Miss. 724, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 41052 (12/15/1958) Defendant was convicted of cohabiting with a white man and from the judgment of the Circuit Court, Lamar County, Sebe Dale, J., the defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Gillespie, J., held, inter alia, that cohabitation between a white person and a Negro, between whom marriages are prohibited, is not punishable as a felony under statute providing... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Reddix V. Lucky 252 F.2d 930, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16688 (2/25/1958) Action by Negro on behalf of himself and all other Negro voters of parish for declaratory injunction and damages arising out of action of parish registrar of voters in canceling Negro voter registrations. The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Ben C. Dawkins, Jr., J., 148 F.Supp. 108, entered summary judgment in... 1958 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Reddix V. Lucky 252 F.2d 930, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16688 (2/25/1958) Action by Negro on behalf of himself and all other Negro voters of parish for declaratory injunction and damages arising out of action of parish registrar of voters in canceling Negro voter registrations. The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Ben C. Dawkins, Jr., J., 148 F.Supp. 108, entered summary judgment in... 1958 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Reply Jurisdictional Statement of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant, Com. Of Pennsylvania V. the Bd. Of Directors of City Trusts of the City of Philadelphia Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 947 (5/28/1958) Appellees argue that the appellants are merely appealing the denial to Negro applicants of admission to Girard College. All of the appellants, however, assert that the removal of the public... 1958 Briefs Yes  
  Reply Jurisdictional Statement of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant, Com. Of Pennsylvania V. the Bd. Of Directors of City Trusts of the City of Philadelphia Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 947 (5/28/1958) Appellees argue that the appellants are merely appealing the denial to Negro applicants of admission to Girard College. All of the appellants, however, assert that the removal of the public... 1958 Briefs Yes  
  Roark V. West 251 F.2d 956, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16848 (1/30/1958) Action for breach of trust and violation of civil rights. The District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Joe B. Dooley, J., dismissed the complaint and plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeals held that complaint by Negro alleging merely that one defendant breached trust with respect to plaintiff's homestead, failed to account for rents and... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Roark V. West 251 F.2d 956, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 16848 (1/30/1958) Action for breach of trust and violation of civil rights. The District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Joe B. Dooley, J., dismissed the complaint and plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeals held that complaint by Negro alleging merely that one defendant breached trust with respect to plaintiff's homestead, failed to account for rents and... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Rose V. State 234 Miss. 731, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 41059 (12/15/1958) Defendant was convicted of unlawfully cohabiting with a Negro man upon her plea of guilty. From an order of the Circuit Court, Jones County, Lunsford Casey, J., overruling her motion for leave to withdraw her plea of guilty to set aside the judgment based thereon and be permitted to plead not guilty to the charge, the defendant appealed. The... 1958 Cases Yes  
  Rose V. State 234 Miss. 731, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 41059 (12/15/1958) Defendant was convicted of unlawfully cohabiting with a Negro man upon her plea of guilty. From an order of the Circuit Court, Jones County, Lunsford Casey, J., overruling her motion for leave to withdraw her plea of guilty to set aside the judgment based thereon and be permitted to plead not guilty to the charge, the defendant appealed. The... 1958 Cases Yes  
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