Legal Opinion
Browder v. Gayle
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided June 5, 1956No. 1147PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*710RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Statement of the Case
The purpose of this action is to test the constitutionality of both the statutes of the State of Alabama1 and the ordinances of the City of Montgomery2 which require the segregation of the white and colored races on the motor buses of the Montgomery City Lines, Inc., *711a common carrier of passengers in sáid City and its police jurisdiction.
The plaintiffs are four Negro citizens who bring this action for themselves and on behalf of all other Negroes similarly situated.3 The defendants are the members of the Board of Commissioners and the Chief of Police…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Lovell v. City of GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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3Cited by130 opinions
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Basista v. WeirCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Watson v. City of MemphisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Evers v. DwyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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