Legal Opinion
United States v. John Q. Wood
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1961No. 19237_1PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from the denial of a temporary restraining order pending a hearing for a preliminary injunction.1 The Government seeks to restrain the defendants from prosecuting one John Hardy, a Negro, before a Justice of the Peace in Walthall County, Mississippi. The case was filed in the Southern District of Mississippi under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971, on the theory that the continued prosecution of John Hardy was designed to, and would, intimidate the qualified Negroes of Walthall County from attempting to register to vote.2 The…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by136 opinions
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- United States v. Blanchard McLeod United States of America v. Dallas CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- State of Alabama v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. RuckelshausCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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