Legal Opinion
Parks v. LaFace Records
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided November 18, 1999No. 99-CV-60256-AAPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HACKETT, District Judge.
Plaintiff Rosa Parks is a well-known public figure who has been recognized as an international symbol of freedom, humanity, dignity and strength for over 43 years. Plaintiffs notoriety arose from her heroic stance against racial inequality in the South when on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger and move to the back of the bus. This one defiant act precipitated a 381-day bus boycott…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Rosa Parks v. Laface RecordsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
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- ETW Corp. v. Jireh Publishing, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2000
- Montgomery v. MontgomeryKentucky Supreme Court · 2001
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