Graves v. Barnes

Decided January 28, 1972. John Howland Wood Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

343 F. Supp. 704 · Cited 87 times

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• Davis v. Mann · 377 U.S. 678
• Moody v. Flowers · 387 U.S. 97
• Roman v. Sincock · 377 U.S. 695
• Smith v. Craddick · 471 S.W.2d 375
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449
• McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · 394 U.S. 802
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649
• Hernandez v. Texas · 347 U.S. 475
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536
• O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. · 282 U.S. 251
• Gaston County v. United States · 395 U.S. 285
• Sims v. Baggett · 247 F. Supp. 96
• Silver v. Brown · 405 P.2d 132
• Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District · 324 F. Supp. 599
• Mauzy v. Legislative Redistricting Board · 471 S.W.2d 570
• Legislature v. Reinecke · 492 P.2d 385
• Smith v. Paris · 257 F. Supp. 901
• Ince v. Rockefeller · 290 F. Supp. 878
• Sims v. Amos · 336 F. Supp. 924
• Bradley v. Milliken · 338 F. Supp. 582
• Harvey v. Morgan · 272 S.W.2d 621

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