Bennie Jackson v. City of Vicksburg, Mississippi

Appellants, defendants in Mississippi State criminal prosecutions, removed their cases to the United States District Court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443(1). The cases were remanded without evidentiary hearings. The removal petitions were sufficient under notice type pleadings to allege a basis for removal. Rachel v. State of Georgia, 5 Cir., 1965, 342 F.2d 336, cert. granted, 382 U.S. 808, 86 S.Ct. 39, 15 L.Ed.2d 58. The alleged denials of equal civil rights in the arresting and charging process set out in these removal petitions are no less than the allegations found adequate in Rachel, and in…