Harper v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Decided May 2, 1973. Joseph H. Young wrote the opinion for the court.

359 F. Supp. 1187 · Cited 51 times

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• Castro v. Beecher · 334 F. Supp. 930
• Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Members of Bridgeport Civil Service Commission · 354 F. Supp. 778
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. O'NEILL · 348 F. Supp. 1084
• Allen v. City of Mobile · 331 F. Supp. 1134
• Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank · 307 U.S. 161
• NAACP v. Allen · 340 F. Supp. 703
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1
• Kennedy v. City of Newark · 148 A.2d 473
• McIver v. Russell · 264 F. Supp. 22
• Salt Lake City Fire Fighters Local 1645 v. Salt Lake City · 449 P.2d 239
• Berg v. City of Minneapolis · 143 N.W.2d 200
• Quarles v. Philip Morris, Incorporated · 279 F. Supp. 505
• Bennett v. Gravelle · 323 F. Supp. 203
• Sims v. Amos · 340 F. Supp. 691
• Krzewinski v. Kugler · 338 F. Supp. 492
• Arrington v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority · 306 F. Supp. 1355
• Western Addition Community Organization v. Alioto · 330 F. Supp. 536
• Johnson v. Pike Corporation of America · 332 F. Supp. 490
• Hicks v. Crown Zellerbach Corporation · 319 F. Supp. 314
• Cherner v. Transitron Electronic Corporation · 221 F. Supp. 48
• Baker v. Columbus Municipal Separate School District · 329 F. Supp. 706
• Raney v. County Commissioners · 183 A. 548
• Hicks v. CROWN ZELLERBACH CORPORATION · 321 F. Supp. 1241

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• Vanguard Justice Society, Inc. v. Hughes · 471 F. Supp. 670
• Boston Chapter, NAACP, Inc. v. Beecher · 371 F. Supp. 507
• Friend v. Leidinger · 446 F. Supp. 361
• Guardians Ass'n of New York City Police Department, Inc v. Civil Service Commission of New York · 431 F. Supp. 526
• Byrd v. Local Union No. 24, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · 375 F. Supp. 545
• Schoonfield v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore · 399 F. Supp. 1068
• Robinson v. Conlisk · 385 F. Supp. 529
• Wright Farms Construction, Inc. v. Kreps · 444 F. Supp. 1023
• Peltier v. City of Fargo · 396 F. Supp. 710
• Western Addition Community Organization v. Alioto · 369 F. Supp. 77
• Afro American Patrolmen's League v. Duck · 366 F. Supp. 1095
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• Stokes v. Lecce · 384 F. Supp. 1039
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