Legal Opinion
Johnson Ex Rel. Johnson v. Hackett
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 22, 1968No. Civ. A. 43735PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUONGO, District Judge.
This is a suit 1 under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986, seeking damages and injunctive relief against a township of the first class (Bristol Township, Bucks County), its Board of Commissioners, Chief of Police, and two of its policemen for alleged deprivation of the civil rights of Arien Johnson and other members of the Negro race residing in Bristol Township.
The Act of 1871, known as the Ku Klux Act, provides in pertinent part:
Ҥ 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance,…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Douglas v. City of JeannetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Gibson v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- John J. Pitchell v. James F. Callan, Gregory Sargis and City of Hartford, David J. Lesser and Steven Del Sole, Special MastersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Mark v. Borough of HatboroCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Wilfredo Martinez, A/K/A Wilfredo Martinez Rodriguez v. Rafael Colon, A/K/A Rafael Colon PizarroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Williams v. BramerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
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