Legal Opinion
Snowden v. Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 13, 1944No. 57PublishedCited by 1,410 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
Petitioner, a citizen of Illinois, brought this suit at law in the District Court for Northern Illinois against respondents, citizens of Illinois, to recover damages for infringement of his civil rights in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and 8 U. S. C. §§ 41, 43, and 47 (3). He alleged that the suit was within the jurisdiction of the court as a suit arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States, 28 U. S. C. § 41 (1), a suit for the recovery of damages for injury to property and for deprivation of *3a right or privilege of a citizen of the United States, 28 U. S. C. § 41…
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