Legal Opinion
Adell Kirkland, as Mother and Next Friend of Libbie Kirkland, an Infant v. George C. Wallace, as Governor of the State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1968No. 24296_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Kirkland, a 16-year old Negro resident, and appellants Tyler and Felber, white civil rights workers, were arrested while distributing leaflets upon a public sidewalk in Eutaw, Alabama, on July 9, 1966. The leaflets concerned alleged discriminatory employment practices of local businesses and urged members of the Negro community to trade only with those merchants who hired Negroes.1 Appellants were charged with violation of Section 56 of Title 14, Code of Alabama, which reads:
Printing or Circulating notice of boycott forbidden. — Any person, firm,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Zwickler v. KootaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Robert F. Urbano v. The Board of Managers of the New Jersey State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Aaron Henry v. First National Bank of Clarksdale v. Mississippi Action for Progress, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Society of Separationists, Inc. v. Mark WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Clarence Jackson v. Hon. Emett C. Choate, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Sands v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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