Joe B. Smith v. City of Drew and Sunflower County, Mississippi, Marie Gertge v. City of Clarksdale, Mississippi

These criminal cases, removed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443(1), were remanded to the state courts without evidentiary hearings. The removal petitions were sufficient in each instance under notice type pleadings to allege a basis for removal. Rachel v. State of Georgia, 5 Cir., 1965, 342 F.2d 336, Cert. granted, 382 U.S. 808, 86 S.Ct. 39, 15 L.Ed.2d 58.

The alleged denials of equal civil rights in the arresting and charging process set out in these removal petitions are no less than the allegations found adequate in Peacock v. City of Greenwood, 5 Cir., 1965, 347 F.2d 679, Cert. granted, 382 U.S.…