Legal Opinion
Pritchard v. Downie
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided March 22, 1963No. Civ. A. 3768, 3769, 3786-3789, 3805-3807PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, District Judge.
Nine lawsuits were originally brought by ten plaintiffs against Little Rock Police Chief Eugene G. Smith under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They grew out of occurrences in August 1959 when Little Rock Central High School was racially integrated. All of these plaintiffs but one, as well as a number of other persons, were arrested by Little Rock police near the high school.
Each plaintiff has alleged that he or she was deprived of a right guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. While the facts vary as to each plaintiff, they…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Katie Ruth Anderson v. J. J. Nosser, James Bradley v. J. J. NosserCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Sanberg v. DaleyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969
- Jordan v. KellyDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1963
- Daly v. PedersenDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1967
- Campbell v. AndersonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1971
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