Legal Opinion
State of Alabama v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1962No. 19051_1PublishedCited by 175 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question whether, under the Civil Rights Act of 1957,1 as amended 1960,2 in a suit brought by the United States, the District Court may affirmatively order the registration of specified Alabama Negro voters found by the Court to have been discrimina-torily denied registration because of their race and color. Subsidiary to this basic question is the further procedural one of whether, assuming power to issue amandatory injunction, the granting of such relief here worked a substantial, and wholly unpredicted change in the nature of the case…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by175 opinions
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 211, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9931 Sandra Wetzel and Mari Ross, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Equal Opportunity Commission as Amicus Curiae v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Arthur Ray PARHAM, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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