Legal Opinion
Tom H. Riddell, Jr., Cross-Appellees v. The National Democratic Party, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1975No. 72-2437PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This case presents serious issues concerning the operation of our political democracy. In it two different groups vie for the right to call themselves “The Democratic Party of the State of Mississippi” and, when the complaint was originally filed, for the right to represent the Democrats of Mississippi at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. This latter claim was settled by the convention itself, and thus we need not consider it at this time as it has been mooted by the convention action. 1 The primary question presented, however, remains an important and hotly…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Guadalupe Guajardo, Jr., Cross-Appellants v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Duke v. ClelandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Donald Weathers v. West Yuma County School District R--J--1Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Tom H. Riddell, Jr. v. The National Democratic Party v. Honorable William L. Waller, Governor of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Mike Gustin v. United States of America, Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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