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Clark v. Marengo County

District Court, S.D. Alabama

Decided April 23, 1979No. Civ. A. 77-445-H, 78-474-HPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAND, District Judge.

The first of the above-styled consolidated actions was initiated on August 15, 1977 by the filing of a complaint by Reverend James Clark, Jr., L. 0. Hope, Clinton Agee, Teresa McNeal, John Davis, Robert Jones, and Eddie Ayers as purported representatives of a class composed of all black persons in Marengo County, Alabama. The defendants named in this complaint were Marengo County, a political subdivision of the State of Alabama; Sammy Daniels, individually and as Probate Judge of Marengo County; William H. Smith, individually and as Sheriff of Marengo County; Dwayne…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United States v. Marengo County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  2. Mississippi State Chapter, Operation Push v. AllainDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1987
  3. Harris v. GraddickDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1984
  4. United States v. Dallas County CommissionDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1982
  5. United States v. Dallas County CommissionDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1982

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