Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. Dorris
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 20, 1958PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLRED, District Judge.
Counsel for the named defendants have asked the clerk of this court to file a removal petition under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1446 so as to transfer the trial of two misdemeanor criminal cases originating in the Justice Court and appealed to the County Court of Brooks County. Counsel claims that these criminal cases can be removed under Section 1443 of Title 28, which authorizes removal of civil or criminal actions against any person who is denied, or cannot enforce, in the state courts a right under any law providing for equal civil rights.
Defendants were convicted in the justice…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- McIntyre v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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