Legal Opinion
Kittrell v. City of Rockwall
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1976No. 75-3520PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988 and rights guaranteed under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The essence of appellants’ complaint is that early in the spring of 1965 appellees entered on and desecrated a cemetery where appellants’ kinsmen were buried. Appellants allege that appellees’ wrongful appropriation of the land in question continued up to the time that their complaint was filed in this lawsuit. Since appellants are black, they feel that the alleged…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- 7 Fair empl.prac.cas. 627, 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9233 R. L. Johnson, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Synthetic Rubber Plant, Defendants-Appellees-Cross International Union of Operating Engineers, Afl-Cio, Local Union No. 347, Defendant-Appellee-Cross International Union of Operating Engineers, Afl-Cio, Local Union No. 347, Plaintiff-Cross v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Houston Chemical Plant, Defendant-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Payne v. City of TylerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Carter v. Associated Transfer and Storage Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- J. S. Abercrombie Co. v. HagenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. SteinbronnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- 19 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1682, 20 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,001 Wesley P. Bernard v. Gulf Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Johnson v. CullenDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1996
- Altair Corporation, Formerly Caribbean Finance Co., Inc. v. Carmen Pesquera De Busquets and Angel S. BiaggiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Bartley Braden v. Texas a & M University System, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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