Legal Opinion
Garner v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1961No. 26PublishedCited by 480 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
These cases come to us from the Supreme Court of Louisiana and draw in question the constitutionality of the petitioners’ convictions in the 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for the crime of disturbing the peace. The petitioners1 were brought to trial and convicted on informations charging them with violating Title 14, Article 103 (7), of the Louisiana Criminal Code, 1942, in that “they refused to move from a cafe counter seat . . . after having been ordered to do so by the agent [of the establishment]; said conduct being in such manner as to unreasonably…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by480 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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