Legal Opinion
Marian Timmerman Byrd, by Harry Timmerman, Father and Natural Guardian, as Next Friend v. F. L. Sexton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1960No. 16056_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
This action, brought under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and § 1985, concerns alleged civil rights violations committed in connection with the imposition of an $8.00 annual high school “enrollment fee” 1 which plaintiff, as a pupil, refused to pay for the school year 1955-56. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343. 2 The case was tried to the court without a jury and judgment was entered dismissing the action with prejudice.
The suit was instituted March 26, 1956. Plaintiff Marian Timmerman was then 17 years of age and unmarried. 3 She had completed her freshman and sophomore…
2Cases cited89 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by33 opinions
- James H. McLellan v. Mississippi Power & Light Company, International Brotherhood of Electricalworkers, Local 605 Electrical WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- L. W. Ferrell and Jo Ferrell, Next Friends of Phillip Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Rhodes v. HoustonDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1962
- Paul Rhodes v. Clarence A. H. Meyer, Paul Rhodes v. Richard M. Van SteenbergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Gerald Brent Fagan v. National Cash Register CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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