Legal Opinion
Smith v. Paris
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided August 22, 1966No. Civ. A. 2393-NPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHNSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, who are Negroes, were candidates for the Barbour County Democratic Executive Committee and were qualified electors within Barbour County. They sue individually and, pursuant to Rule 23(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on behalf of all Negro citizens eligible to vote in Barbour County, Alabama.
Plaintiffs allege that the defendant members of the Barbour County Democratic Executive Committee, in their official capacities, have deprived plaintiffs, and the members of the class they represent, of their constitutional rights under…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- State of Alabama v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer v. Cecil C. Campbell, Circuit Clerk and Registrar of Sunflower County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Sims v. BaggettDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1965
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Nevett v. SidesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Albert C. Toney v. N. A. White, United States of America v. Myrtis BishopCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Albert C. Toney v. N. A. White, United States of America v. Myrtis BishopCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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