Legal Opinion
Allen v. Oklahoma City
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 26, 1935No. 26152PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRiley, J.
The plaintiff below, plaintiff •in error, sought by this action injunctive relief to prevent enforcement of ordinance No. 4524, city of Oklahoma City, commonly known as the “Segregation Ordinance.”
Under the provisions of section 1 of the ordinance it is unlawful for any white person to occupy, as a residence, any house or building located in a block wherein a majority of the lots used as residences are occupied by Negroes. Under the provisions of section 2, it is unlawful for any Negro to occupy as a, residence any house or building located in a block wherein a majority of the lots used as…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Ex Parte VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Ex Parte MilliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Edmondson v. PearceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- City of Birmingham v. MonkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Clinard v. City of Winston-SalemSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
- Anderson v. TrimbleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
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