Legal Opinion
United States v. Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 1, 1965No. Civ. A. 15793PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This is an action by the Nation against a klan. *
The United States of America asks for an injunction to protect Negro citizens in Washington Parish, Louisiana, seeking to assert their civil rights. The defendants are the “Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan”, an unincorporated association, the “Anti-Communist Christian Association,” a Louisiana corporation, and certain individual klansmen, most of whom come from in and around Bogalusa, Louisiana. 1
The defendants admit most of the allegations of the complaint. Their legal position is that a private organization and…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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3Cited by30 opinions
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