Legal Opinion
The State of South Carolina v. James Edward Moore
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1971No. 14042_1PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
This appeal presents a procedural tangle arising out of the Civil Rights Removal statute.1
*1069Late in the eleventh hour, Moore undertook the removal of a murder prosecution he was facing in a state court. In the removal petition he admitted his commission of the homicide, but claimed he had employed only reasonable force in meeting an assault upon him by a white man resentful of Moore’s presence in a place of public accommodation. Without a hearing, the District Judge remanded the case to the state court, but only after Moore’s trial had proceeded in the state court to a…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Hamm v. City of Rock HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by65 opinions
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