Legal Opinion
City of Greenwood v. Peacock
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1966No. 471PublishedCited by 897 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
These consolidated cases, sequels to Georgia v. Rachel, ante, p. 780, involve prosecutions on various state criminal charges against 29 people who were allegedly engaged in the spring and summer of 1964 in civil rights activity in Leflore County, Mississippi. In the first case, 14 individuals were charged with obstructing the public streets of the City of Greenwood in violation of Mississippi law.1 They filed petitions to remove their cases to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi under 28 U. S. C. § 1443 (1964 ed.).2 Alleging *811that they were members of a…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by897 opinions
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Maine v. ThiboutotSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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