Legal Opinion
Lonnie Creel, Jr. v. Frank E. Freeman, Walker County Board of Education, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1976No. 74--4105PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Judge:
Appellants are residents of Walker County, Alabama, who live outside the city limits of Jasper and Carbon Hill, which are located in the county. They challenge the constitutionality of Alabama statutes 1 under which residents of Jasper and Carbon Hill, who vote for officials, who, in turn, appoint the members of their respective independent city school boards (Ala.Code, tit. 52, § 152 (recompilation 1958)), also vote for some of the five members of the county board of education, which has jurisdiction outside the city limits of Jasper and Carbon Hill, and for the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Evans v. CornmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Jake Little Thunder v. State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by26 opinions
- R. Norlan Daughtrey v. Jimmy CarterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- In Re Alien Children Education LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Brown v. Board of Commissioners of the City of ChattanoogaDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1989
- John William Phillips and Jacqueline Phillips, for Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Mary Helen AndressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- William Henry Hogencamp v. Lee County Board of Education of Lee CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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