Legal Opinion
Chapman v. King
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1946No. 11494PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellee King, a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia and a qualified and registered voter in Muscogee County according to the laws of Georgia, offered to vote in a Democratic Primary in that County in which nominees for the United States Senate and House of Representatives as well as for State offices were being chosen, and was denied the right by the appellants, who were in charge of the primary as the County Democratic Executive Committee, solely because he was of the colored or negro race. He sued for damages under the Civil Rights Act, 8…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Love v. WilcoxTexas Supreme Court · 1930
- King v. ChapmanDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1945
3Cited by45 opinions
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- Schwier v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Herman Lodge v. J. F. Buxton, Ray DelaigleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Carl L. Baldwin and Alexinia Baldwin v. J. W. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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