Legal Opinion
Shelton v. McKinley
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided June 8, 1959No. Civ. 3708PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PEE CUEIAM.
This is a class action in which the plaintiffs 1 seek declaratory and injunc-tive relief against the enforcement of Act 10 of the Second Extraordinary Session of the Arkansas Legislature, held in August, 1958, and of Act 115 of the regular 1959 session of that body. It is claimed that those statutes are violative of the First ánd Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Upon the filing of the complaint, a statutory court of three judges was convened, and the case has been tried to that court.
Act 10 provides in substance that no person shall be employed or…
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- Wieman v. UpdegraffSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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