Legal Opinion
Wells v. Hand
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided February 24, 1965No. Civ. A. 821PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIOTT, District Judge:
In attempting to make an arrest of a Negro man on August 15, 1964 a member of the City Police force of the City of Albany, Georgia fired a shot which resulted in the death of the man sought to be arrested. Neither the Plain-_ tiff Wells nor the Plaintiff Harris witnessed this incident, but, based on “reports” which they heard concerning the matter, they concluded that the officer was guilty of “murder” and they decided that they would do something about it. During that afternoon they prepared two handbills and distributed them widely in the Negro community in the City…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Douglas v. City of JeannetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Herndon v. LowrySupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Fenner v. BoykinSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- American Federation of Labor v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Spahos v. Mayor & Councilmen of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, GeorgiaDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1962
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Brooks v. BrileyDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1967
- Mike Honey and Martha Allen v. Jon Goodman, Shelby M. Howard, and J. W. ShinesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Turner v. LaBelleDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1966
- Orlando v. WizelDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1978
- Paulson v. State of FloridaDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1973
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