Legal Opinion
Barbara A. Nesmith and Richard A. Nesmith v. H. D. Alford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1963No. 19609PublishedCited by 175 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from adverse judgments on jury verdicts denying claims for damages for arrest, imprisonment and criminal prosecution of white persons triggered by their eating with Negroes in a public restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama, presents a number of questions both of Alabama and federal law. Basic to each claim is the question whether the trial Court should have granted instructed verdicts as to liability on each of the three theories of recovery. To the extent that one or more or all of the counts presented jury issues, there is a question as to the…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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3Cited by175 opinions
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- William Whirl v. C. v. (Buster) Kern and Fidelity and Deposit Company of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Bruce B. Landrigan v. City of WarwickCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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