Legal Opinion
Byrd v. Brice
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided April 18, 1952No. Civ. A. 3122PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
The population of the Parish of Bossier, taken from the 1950 census of the United' States, is 40,139. Of this number, there are 26,227 whites and 13,912 colored.
The record of this case shows that there are well over 9,000 white registered voters in the Parish and not a single colored one. This is enough, taken arithmetically, to give the plaintiffs the injunction they seek. 1
We find that the registrar of voters has failed in two serious ways to obey the law:(a) She has made registration favorable beyond the average insofar as the white applicants be concerned; but, as…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State of Alabama v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Ellett R. Dogan, Sheriff and Tax Collector, Tallahatchie County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. ManningDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1963
- United States v. State of LouisianaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1966
- Bryce v. ByrdCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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