Legal Opinion
Adams v. Terry
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1952No. 13328_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought March 16, 1950, as a class action against defendants, sued individually and as members of the Jaybird Party, the suit was for a declaratory judgment as to the rights of plaintiffs and their class to vote in primaries of the Jaybird Party, scheduled for May 6, and June 3, 1950, and for an injunction protecting those rights.
Grounded on the claim, put forward and sustained in Perry v. Cyphers, 5 Cir., 186 F.2d 608, as to the defendants in that suit: that the defendants in this suit are representatives of a political party operating under, and controlled by, art.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Collins v. HardymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Rice v. ElmoreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Baskin v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Terry v. AdamsDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1950
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Terry v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Whittington v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Dyer v. Kazuhisa AbeDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1956
- Yglesias v. Gulfstream Park Racing Ass'n, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Terry v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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