Legal Opinion
Allee v. Medrano
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1974No. 72-1125PublishedCited by 495 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This is a civil rights action,1 42 U. S. C. §§ 1983, 1985, attacking the constitutionality of certain Texas statutes, brought by appellees. It alleges that the defendants, members of the Texas Rangers and the Starr County, Texas, Sheriff’s Department, and a Justice of the Peace in Starr* County, conspired to deprive appellees of their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, by unlawfully arresting, detaining, and confining them without due process and without legal justification, and by unlawfully threatening, harassing, coercing, and physically assaulting them to prevent their…
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