Legal Opinion
Ralph D. Abernathy v. John Patterson, Individually and as Governor of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1961No. 19023PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The complaint filed by four Negro ministers describes this action as “a suit of a civil nature to redress the deprivation under color of state law, statutes, ordinances, regulations, custom or usage, of rights, privileges and immunities secured by the Constitution of the United States and by Acts of Congress providing for equal rights of citizens and all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States.” It states that the action is brought under the Constitution of the United States, Article IV, Section 2, and the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution,…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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