Legal Opinion
Davis Lee v. Dr. J. B. Hodges, Superintendent of School District No. 5
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1963No. 8813_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
Appearing pro se and asserting jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina under 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1331 and 1343, Davis Lee, a Negro who publishes “a weekly Negro newspaper” in Anderson, South Carolina, instituted this action against certain school officials. He alleged what he believes to be claims arising under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Civil Rights Act, Rev. Stat. §§ 1977-1980(3), 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981-1983, 1985(3). The defendants include the members of the School Board of…
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- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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