Legal Opinion
Commonwealth of Virginia v. Fred Wallace
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1966No. 9462PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
We agree with the District Judge that this case, involving state charges of assault, disorderly conduct and related offenses, was not removable under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443.
Wallace, a law school student, had accepted a summer clerkship with Messrs. Tucker and Marsh of Richmond, Virginia. That firm had represented Negroes in a number of school and other cases with racial significance. It sent their clerk, Wallace, to Prince Edward County in connection with their representation of some civil rights demonstrators who had been arrested there. In the court…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Kentucky v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Barney v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Bush v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State of North Carolina v. Reginald A. HawkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Bar Association of Baltimore City v. PosnerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- Commonwealth of Virginia v. Harold Lee JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Thomas Carlton Wansley v. Commonwealth of Virginia, (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Commonwealth of Virginia v. Leah B. Morris, Hollis B. Morris, Herman Trent and Frank BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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