Legal Opinion

Holt Civic Club v. City of Tuscaloosa

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 28, 1978No. 77-515PublishedCited by 311 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist

Holt is a small, largely rural, unincorporated community located on the northeastern outskirts of Tuscaloosa, the fifth largest city in Alabama. Because the community is within the three-mile police jurisdiction circumscribing Tuscaloosa’s corporate limits, its residents are subject to the city’s “police [and] sanitary regulations.” Ala. Code § 11-40-10 (1975).1 Holt residents are also subject to the criminal jurisdiction of the city’s court, Ala. Code § 12-14-1 (1975),2 and to the city’s *62power to license businesses, trades, and professions, Ala. Code § 11-51-91 (1975).3 Tuscaloosa, however,…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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3Cited by311 opinions

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  4. Marie Powell v. National Board of Medical Examiners, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Bruce M. KoeppenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
  5. Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public SchoolsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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