Legal Opinion
Robeson v. Fanelli
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 10, 1950PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, twenty-eight in number, seek by their complaint damages aggregating $2,020,000. as the result of alleged violations of the Civil Rights Statutes. 8 U.S.C.A. §§ 41, 43, 47(3) and 48. Eighty-four claims are pleaded in two hundred and twenty-six separately numbered paragraphs; the claims relate to the so-called “Peekskill riots” of 1949.
The sixteen defendants may be conveniently divided into two general classes. One group, hereinafter referred to as the “individuals,” includes among others the Veterans Joint Council and representatives of certain Westchester…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Collins v. HardymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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- McKibbin v. Corporation & Securities CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
- Johnston v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1973
- McCollum v. MayfieldDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1955
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