Frank Hampton v. City of Jacksonville, Florida

In this case the majority opinion assigns the judicial plow to an earthmoving task in strange new ground. Being unable to follow the winding and flexuous course of the furrows that skim across the surface in important areas, cut a shallow track at other places, and never reach standard depth anywhere, I respectfully dissent.

At best, the majority opinion constitutes an unwarranted extrapolation of the principle of equal protection of the laws as set forth in the Fourteenth Amendment.

On April 1, 1959, effective as of April 7, 1959, the same court and the same judge, upon the plaintiffs’ motion…