Legal Opinion
Eugene Griffin, a Minor by His Next Friend and Father, Roosevelt Griffin v. Lavon Breckenridge
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1969No. 25799_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This civil rights case, ruled by the majority opinion in Collins v. Hardyman, 1 involves a racially motivated assault committed upon a public highway. Adhering as we must to Collins, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of appellants’ complaint.
Plaintiffs, Negro citizens, brought this suit under the mantle of 42 U.S.C.A. § 1985(3), 2 popularly known as the Ku Klux Klan Act. They alleged in their complaint a conspiracy between defendants Lavon Breckenridge and James Breckenridge to deprive them of their equal protection of the laws and their privileges and…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. PriceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Douglas M. Grimes v. William (Bill) Smith, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Norman H. Lesser and Rhoda I. Lesser v. Braniff Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Post v. PaytonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- McIntosh v. GarofaloDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
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