Legal Opinion
Hall Davis v. John G. Francois
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1968No. 25562_1PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from an order dismissing appellants’ suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against the picketing ordinance of Port Allen, Louisiana as violative of the first and fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution.
Appellants engaged in picketing of the School Board Building in Port Allen to protest the “racist policies of the Board.” While these protests were going on, the city authorities passed an ordinance limiting the right to picket as follows:
Section I.
It shall be unlawful for more than two (2) people to picket on private property or on…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Aaron Henry v. First National Bank of Clarksdale v. Mississippi Action for Progress, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Clarence Jackson v. Hon. Emett C. Choate, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Father Nathaniel MacHesky v. Honorable William H. Bizzell, as Chancellor of the Chancery Court of Leflore County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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