Legal Opinion
United States v. Victor B. Atkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1963No. 20325_1PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The complaint was filed in April 1961 pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971, and alleged the employment of certain racially *735discriminatory acts and practices in the registration of voters in Dallas County, Alabama. Named as defendants were the State of Alabama and J. P. Majors, who was then the only member of the Board of Registrars of Dallas County. In May 1961 after the suit was filed, a new Board of Registrars was appointed. The three new members of the Board, Victor B. Atkins, Sr., Col. Joseph Bibb, and Aubrey Allen, were later…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Siler v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- St. John Dixon v. Alabama State Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Lane v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by66 opinions
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Blanchard McLeod United States of America v. Dallas CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Bill R. Hunter, D/B/A the CourierCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Robert Briscoe v. Stanley T. Kusper, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Local 189, United Papermakers & Paperworkers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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