Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Coopwood
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided November 7, 1968No. 6830-KPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
READY, Chief Judge.
This case involves the constitutionality of a municipal ordinance of Holly Springs, Mississippi, requiring that one hour’s notice be given to the City Police Department before any march in protest of grievances may take place in that city.
The ordinance in question was passed in response to increased civil rights activity in the area, brought in the wake of the April 4, 1968, murder of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King some thirty miles away in Memphis, Tennessee. About two days after Dr. King’s death there was conducted a march of some 500 people,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lovell v. City of GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Thomas v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Powe v. MilesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Powe v. MilesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- J. L. Leflore v. James RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- People v. Dominick, New York County Courts1971
- Montgomery County Board of Education v. SheltonDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1971
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