Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Aycock
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided September 22, 1969No. GC 6538PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Joe Nathan Coleman, Willie Lee Hazelwood, Aline Hunter and William H. Scott, Negro resident citizens of the City of Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, brought this class action on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, against certain elected and appointed officers of said county and city.
Humphreys County is situated in the Mississippi Delta. The population of the county is 19,093, of which 13,300, or approximately 69% is black. 1 Belzoni is the county seat of the county, and has a population of 4142 of which 2528,…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. Diamond, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Schumann v. McGinnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- United States v. Sars of Louisiana, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
- Park View Heights Corp. v. City of Black JackDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1978
- Coleman v. Humphreys County Memorial HospitalDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1972
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