Legal Opinion
Forman v. City of Montgomery
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided August 3, 1965No. Cr. 11727-N-11735-NPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, District Judge.
The petitioners, 167 in number, some of whom are Negro and some of whom are white, seek to remove to this Court criminal prosecutions pending against them in the Recorder’s Court, City of Montgomery, Alabama. Removal is sought pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1443. 1 The petitioners allege that they were arrested and are being prosecuted for acts done pursuant to the First, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, as well as 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971, 1981 et seq., and the Civil Rights Act of 1964; furthermore, they…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Alfred Wright, .V the City of Montgomery, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Cottonreader v. JohnsonDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1966
- Robert T. Smith v. The City of Jackson, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Weinstein v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Supreme Court · 1966
- Wright v. City of Montgomery, AlabamaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1968
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