Legal Opinion
Bennie G. Thompson v. William C. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1970No. 29087PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
This court is called upon, once again, to determine whether a case, this time a civil, rather than a criminal case, is removable from the state courts to the federal district court under the Civil Rights Removal Statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443, 1 which authorizes removal of any “civil action” against any “person who is denied or cannot enforce in the courts of [the] State a right under any law providing for the equal civil rights of citizens.” (Emphasis added.)
What the appellants sought to have removed here was an election contest commenced against them (three black…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Greenwood v. PeacockSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Georgia v. RachelSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- David Whatley v. City of VidaliaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by13 opinions
- News-Texan, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. The City of Garland, Texas, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Albert C. Toney v. N. A. White, United States of America v. Myrtis BishopCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Northside Realty Associates, Inc. v. ChapmanDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1976
- Williams v. Tri-County Community CenterDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1971
- Bar Association of Baltimore City v. PosnerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
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