Legal Opinion
Davis v. Schnell
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided January 7, 1949No. Civil Action 758PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MULLINS, District Judge.
This case was tried before a duly constituted three-judge District Court.
Under the amended complaint, this suit is brought by ten Negro citizens of Mobile County, Alabama, against the Board of Registrars of said County and the individual members thereof, to declare and secure their rights to register as electors. The plaintiffs bring the action on their own behalf, and on behalf of all Alabama citizens similarly situated.
The plaintiffs allege that registration is a prerequisite of the right of a citizen of Alabama to vote in any election, Federal, State or local.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Adamson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Lane v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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- Louisiana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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