Legal Opinion
James G. Clark, Jr., Sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama v. Amelia P. Boynton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1966No. 23157PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This is another fall out from the Selma, Alabama racial-voter registration crisis of the spring of 1965. The aspect here is the present appeal by Sheriff Clark from an order of the United States District Court holding him in contempt of previous orders issued by Judge Thomas. In the memorandum order of contempt the Court found that Sheriff Clark is “in contempt of this Court’s order” and then, of decisive importance here, declared that “he is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00).”
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. PriceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by39 opinions
- United States v. John Allen Powers William Nichols, Contemnor/appellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. George Gordon LiddyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Richard B. Smith v. Sheriff Mike Sullivan, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Dick Gregory v. Larry D. Depte, Sandra L. Henderson and Correction Connection, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- J. S. Skinner, Jr., Etc. v. W. Bruce White, A. Lamar Reid, Etc., Jefferson National EquitiesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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