Legal Opinion

Francisco A. Munoz v. Guadalupe Amador

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 15, 1965No. 21827PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

This suit was brought by some 15-named plaintiffs suing as a class of voter-citizens of Starr County, Texas, F.R.Civ. P. 23(a)(1) (3) against some 15 or 20 named defendants representing, in turn, a class of defendants numbering approximately 800 each of whom was alleged to have been issued a 1964 Texas poll tax receipt without proper payment or application. Jurisdiction was based on the Civil Rights Statute, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983, 1985, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343, on the theory, alleged in conclusory terms, that this action resulting from a conspiracy between one or more of such defendants- and the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. United States v. SaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. United States v. SaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1944

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hunter Bynum v. T. I. Burns, Sr., 1 Jimmy Best, Jr., and Sandy Tolson Taliaferro, Members of the Lincoln County Election CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
  2. Jim Fair v. John Dekle, Supervisor of Registration, and James F. Taylor, Clerk of Thecircuit CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  3. Ballas v. SymmDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1972
  4. Seidel v. CahnDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1968

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