Legal Opinion
United States v. Manning
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided February 23, 1963No. Civ. A. 8257PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
In this action the State of Louisiana strikes at the vitals of the Civil Rights Act of 1960. These vitals are the power of a federal district court to make a find ing of a pattern of discrimination in the denial of registration to Negroes and the concomitant power of the court itself to / redress the grievance or to use a voting/
referee, should the court decide to utilize a referee as an arm of the court in undoing the discrimination. 42 U.S.C.A. § 1971(e). 1 *The Attorney General of Louisiana contends that the statute is unconstitutional because it (1) invades rights…
2Cases cited89 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. Blanchard McLeod United States of America v. Dallas CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Buckley v. ValeoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- George W. Lewis v. George F. Kugler, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States v. State of LouisianaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1963
- Perez v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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