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Ben Achtenberg, Sandra Adickes, Thomas L. Edwards, William D. Jones and Susan B. Patterson v. State of Mississippi

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 5, 1968No. 22665_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order remanding to the state courts of Mississippi charges against the appellants, Sandra Adickes, Ben Achtenberg, Thomas L. Edwards, William D. Jones and Susan B. Patterson, for the crime of. yagrancy. The cases were removed to the district court on a petition that charged that the prosecution’s charges of vagrancy were based exclusively on attempts by the appellants to exercise rights guaranteed them under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The issues for us to decide are whether these removal petitions allege grounds for removal which, if true, meet…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of Greenwood v. PeacockSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Georgia v. RachelSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Thomas Rachel v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  4. Zelma C. Wyche v. State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. The State of South Carolina v. James Edward MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
  2. David Whatley v. City of VidaliaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  3. The People of the State of New York v. James Horelick and Sandra AdickesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
  4. Mardon R. Walker and James R. Forman v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  5. The People of the State of New York v. David DavisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969

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