Legal Opinion
Sims v. Amos
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 3, 1972No. Civ. A. 1744-N, 3017-N and 3459-NPublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Per curiam
This litigation consists of three consolidated cases, each presenting the same or similar questions of law and fact. In each ease the plaintiffs 1 as citizens of the United States and of the State of Alabama, and as duly qualified and registered voters in Alabama and in various counties thereof, jointly and severally bring this action in their own behalf and in behalf of all other voters in Alabama who plaintiffs claim are denied the right of free and equal suffrage and of equal protection of the laws. 2
In all three cases, the defendant Mabel Amos is sued in her capacity as Alabama’s…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Swift & Co. v. WickhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Kirkpatrick v. PreislerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Swann v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Dr. Joseph T. Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Samuel J. Jordon v. John J. GilliganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Sims v. AmosDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1972
- Wyatt v. StickneyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1972
- Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. BeensSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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