Legal Opinion
Jeremiah Blackwell, Jr. v. Issaquena County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1966No. 22712PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge.
The appellants filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to enjoin pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343 school officials from enforcing a regulation forbidding school children from wearing “freedom buttons” as a denial of First and Fourteenth Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. 1 The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi refused to grant a preliminary injunction.
On Friday, January 29, 1965, approximately 30 pupils at the all-Negro Henry Weathers High School wore “freedom buttons” to class. The buttons were about an inch…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Whitney v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- American Communications Assn. v. DoudsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by123 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Holloman Ex Rel. Holloman v. HarlandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- L. W. Ferrell and Jo Ferrell, Next Friends of Phillip Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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