Legal Opinion
Briggs v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 13, 1963No. 4992, 4994, 4997PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.
These are the so-called “sit-in” cases. They were submitted to this court on January 16, 1961. At that time there were cases claimed to be similar pending in other states.1 By common consent our decision was delayed awaiting the outcome of cases then pending in which petitions for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court had been filed. Since then additional petitions have been filed and there are now pending before the United States Supreme Court at least three cases of this nature in ivhich certiorari has been granted. See Avent v. North Carolina, cert.…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hamm v. City of Rock HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
- RICO BENTON v. WENDY KELLEY, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2020
- City of Miami v. Kobley, Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County1967
- Hamm v. City of Rock HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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