Legal Opinion
Monk v. City of Birmingham
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided December 16, 1949No. Civ. A. 6382PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MULLINS, Chief Judge.
This is a class action ' brought by the plaintiffs, who are Negro citizens of the City of Birmingham, for and on behalf of themselves and all other Negro citizens of said City who are similarly situated and who own real estate in said City that is affected by certain zoning ordinances of said City. The zoning provisions involved are Sections 1604 and 1605 of the General: City Code of Birmingham, 1944, and Ordinance No. 709-F. For convenience these code sections and ordinance may hereafter be referred to merely as zoning ordinances-The plaintiffs seek to declare said…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Holden v. HardySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Terrace v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Adell Kirkland, as Mother and Next Friend of Libbie Kirkland, an Infant v. George C. Wallace, as Governor of the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Marcia M. Bryant v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation, Marcia M. Bryant v. Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, a Corporation Organized Under the Laws of the State of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Ricca v. BojorquezCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1970
- McDonald v. BrewerDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1968
- Bryant v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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