Legal Opinion
United States v. Blanchard McLeod United States of America v. Dallas County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1967No. 31475, 21477PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
These cases are the product of the racial unrest in 1963 in Dallas County, Alabama, of which Selma is the county seat. “Yet Selma was different from the usual clash between police in the South and protesting groups of Negroes and civil rights workers. For out of Selma grew the Voting Rights of 1965.” 1 The Dallas County Voters League was organized to encourage local Negroes to register and vote. Early in 1963, at the request of the Voters League, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee sent volunteers to Selma to aid in the registration drive. One of the main…
2Cases cited73 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by192 opinions
- Pulliam v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- White v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Nancy Sullivan v. C. Francis Murphy, Corporation Counsel of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Thomas Alan SumnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Frank Slavin v. Tim Curry Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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