Legal Opinion
Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1963No. 67PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
The petitioners, both Negro ministers, were tried and convicted in the Birmingham, Alabama, Recorder’s Court for aiding and abetting a violation of the city criminal trespass ordinance. The complaint filed with respect to Shuttlesworth. charged:
“Comes the City of Birmingham, Alabama, a municipal corporation, and complains that F. L. Shuttlesworth, within twelve months before the beginning of this prosecution, and within the City of Birmingham or the police jurisdiction thereof, did incite or aid or abet in the violation of an ordinance of the. City, to-wit, Section 1436 1 of - the General…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Garner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Karrell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- James P. Edwards, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Colosacco v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by74 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Harry BernsteinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- United States v. HoffaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- People v. TaylorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
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