Legal Opinion
John Kasper v. D. J. Brittain, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1957No. 13046_1PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Chief Judge.
The appellant was found guilty of a criminal contempt by the district judge in wilfully disregarding and violating the court’s order of August 29, 1956, in a school segregation case. He was sentenced to be confined in some institution to be designated by the Attorney General of the United States for a period of one year, and was admitted to bail pending appeal. He challenges the order on constitutional, jurisdictional and procedural grounds.
The background of the contempt proceeding is important. On April 26, 1952, the district judge dismissed a proceeding against the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Walker v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Yvonne C. Edwards v. Nathan HabibCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- State v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. ChaffinOhio Supreme Court · 1972
- United States v. WashingtonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1978
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