Legal Opinion
Abernathy v. Conroy
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1970No. 13933PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs challenge as facially unconstitutional a parade ordinance of Charleston, South Carolina, and the South Carolina common law of riot. The district court denied their motion for a three-judge court and preliminary injunction and dismissed their complaint. We affirm.
I
Plaintiffs alleged these facts, which, in the posture of the case, must be taken as true. On June 20, 1969, at about 11:30 p. m., plaintiffs Abernathy, Williams, Bright, and Pearison, officers of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, assembled at the Memorial Baptist Church in Charleston,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. Bad Heart BullSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
- Joan Beckerman v. City of Tupelo, Mississippi, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Victor Chalk, Jr. And Preston Eugene DobbinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- State v. SnodgrassCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1977
- Sword v. FoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
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