Legal Opinion
Baldwin v. Morgan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1958No. 16717PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The question here is whether the complaint for injunction and declaratory relief, filed as a class action by Negroes complaining of discriminatory segregation in the Birmingham Railroad Terminal, stated a Civil Rights case against the three groups of defendants, the Alabama Public Service Commissioners, the City of Birmingham Commissioners, and Birmingham Terminal Company. The District Court held that it did not and dismissed1 the case.
Leaving to later discussion the more troublesome point of the sufficiency of the complaint against the Terminal because it has no…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Adolph G. Hoffman v. C. H. Halden, Dr. Donald E. Wair, Dr. G. F. Keller and Dr. F. Sydney HansenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Hattie Brazier v. W. B. CherryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Frank Slavin v. Tim Curry Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Wsb-Tv, Mark C. Winne and Richard Nelson v. Earl LeeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Bernard Litman v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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