Legal Opinion

James Sharp, Jr. v. Mrs. May Lucky, Registrar of Voters, Ouachita Parish

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 28, 1958No. 16687PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant’s suit for violation of his civil rights for want of jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

The complaint alleges that Sharp, a Negro lawyer, went to the office of defendant, Mrs. Lucky, Registrar of Voters of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, on legal business for his client, another Negro, Willie L. Tillman, who had been notified that his voter’s registration was challenged; that Mrs. Lucky told him that only white persons were waited on in her office, and that her assistant took…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Orleans Parish School Board v. Earl Benjamin BushCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  3. Holmes v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  4. W. F. (Dee) Derrington and Harris County, Texas, Acting Herein by Its County Judge and Commissioners v. M. W. PlummerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  5. City of St. Petersburg, Etc., and Jack Puryear, as Director of the Bureau of Recreation of the City of St. Petersburg, Florida v. Fred AlsupCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Burks v. Poppy Construction Co.California Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Potts v. FlaxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  3. Charles Lance, Jr. v. Lucille Plummer, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  4. United States v. Ellett R. Dogan, Sheriff and Tax Collector, Tallahatchie County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  5. Johnson v. City of Baton RougeDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970

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