Legal Opinion · Dissent

H. W. Denton and International Union of Electrical, Radio and MacHine Workers, CIO v. City of Carrollton, Georgia

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 20, 1956No. 15841_1Published

1DissentCameron, Circuit Judge

I

My inability to go along with the majority would be evidenced only by noting a dissent if I could conclude that this case is an isolated episode. But what is here done seems to be but another step in a series of decisions in this Circuit demonstrating a dangerous tendency to exalt the federal judiciary and debase the states in their efforts at performance of their legitimate and important function of local self-government,

II.(1) The question here involved is a simple one: Whether the State of Georgia, through one of its municipalities, may enforce its criminal laws without interference on…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Douglas v. City of JeannetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Nash v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933

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