Legal Opinion
Helen Simmons v. W. Whitaker
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1958No. 16746PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court denying appellant’s motion for a directed verdict and granting ap-pellees’ motion for a directed verdict made at the conclusion of appellant’s evidence. Its action was based upon want of jurisdiction under the holding that the evidence offered did not develop a case under the Civil Rights Statute under which the action was brought.1
The action was brought against W. Whitaker, Sheriff of Hardin County, Texas, a deputy, and the surety on the sheriff’s bond; against Hardin County, Texas, its county judge and its four…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Jose R. E. Martinez v. Elliot L. Richardson, Individually and as the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Arthur J. Brown v. J. A. Miller, Jr., Etc., and Mississippi Telephone Corporation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Mosher v. BeirneDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1964
- Deloach v. RogersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Ball v. YarboroughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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