Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Garrison
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 9, 1968No. Civ. A. 68-1063PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiff Clay L. Shaw is under indictment in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, for having “wilfully and unlawfully conspire[d] * * * to murder John F. Kennedy.” He has filed this suit against Jim Garrison, District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, and two of his assistants for declaratory and injunctive relief in an effort to arrest the prosecution. He was initially charged on March 1, 1967 by the defendant Garrison with participating in a conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. Thereafter on March 14, 1967 a preliminary hearing was held in the State…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Walter Sheridan and Richard Townley v. Jim Garrison, Individually and as a District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Floyd Woodrow Hines v. J. E. Baker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Alfred Wright, .V the City of Montgomery, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- People v. BennettNew York Supreme Court · 1973
- Hill v. City of El PasoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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