Supreme Court of the United States, 1963

Fields v. City of Fairfield

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 16, 1963

375 U.S. 248 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Melvin L. Wulf argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Charles Morgan, Jr. and Richard J. Medalie., Frank B. Parsons argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee., Assistant Attorney General Marshall, by special leave of Court, argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Cox, Louis F. Claiborne, Harold H. Greene and Howard A. Glickstein., Jack Greenberg, James M. Ndbrit III and Shirley Fingerhood filed a brief for the N. A. A. C. P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Walker v. City of Birmingham (Supreme Court of the United States 1967)
Tabas v. Hudson (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965)
Fields v. Fairfield (Supreme Court of the United States 1963)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The judgment of the Supreme Court of Alabama is reversed. Thompson v. City of Louisville, 362 U. S. 199; Garner v. Louisiana, 368 U. S. 157.

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