James v. Almond

Decided January 19, 1959. Walter Edward Hoffman wrote the opinion for the court.

170 F. Supp. 331 · Cited 50 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294
• Sterling v. Constantin · 287 U.S. 378
• Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury · 323 U.S. 459
• United States v. Lee · 106 U.S. 196
• Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1 · 256 U.S. 490
• Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson · 223 U.S. 605
• Minnesota v. Hitchcock · 185 U.S. 373
• Fitts v. McGhee · 172 U.S. 516
• Continental Baking Co. v. Woodring · 286 U.S. 352
• Hagood v. Southern · 117 U.S. 52
• Mine Safety Appliances Co. v. Forrestal · 326 U.S. 371
• Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education · 175 U.S. 528
• Henderson v. United States · 339 U.S. 816
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1
• Adkins v. School Board of the City of Newport News · 148 F. Supp. 430
• Fleming v. Upper Dublin Public School District · 141 F. Supp. 813

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• Beckett v. School Board of City of Norfolk, Va. · 181 F. Supp. 870
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415
• Green v. County School Board of New Kent County · 391 U.S. 430
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409
• Kirker v. Moore · 308 F. Supp. 615
• Beckett v. School Board of the City of Norfolk · 308 F. Supp. 1274
• Burruss v. Wilkerson · 301 F. Supp. 1237
• Beckett v. School Board of City of Norfolk, Virginia · 185 F. Supp. 459
• Coleman v. Aycock · 304 F. Supp. 132
• Beckett v. School Board of City of Norfolk, Virginia · 269 F. Supp. 118
• Calhoun v. Latimer · 188 F. Supp. 412

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