Supreme Court of the United States, 1964

Hamilton v. Alabama

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 30, 1964 · Black, Murchison, Oliver, Louisville, Offutt, Clark, Harlan, White

376 U.S. 650; 84 S. Ct. 982; 11 L. Ed. 2d 979; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1544 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III and Oscar W. Adams, Jr. for petitioner., Richmond M. Flowers, Attorney General of Alabama, and Bernard F. Sykes and Owen Bridges, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

24 later published cases cite this decision.

Bobb v. Municipal Court (Cal. Ct. App. 1983)
Warren McCleskey Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Cross-Appellee (11th Cir. 1985)
United States of America Ex Rel. James C. Haynes v. Charles L. McKendrick Warden, Wallkill State Prison, Walkill, New York (2d Cir. 1973)
Robert J. Carter v. United States (D.C. Cir. 1971)
United States Ex Rel. Haynes v. McKendrick (District Court, S.D. New York 1972)
United States ex rel. Haynes v. McKendrick (District Court, S.D. New York 1972)
Johnson Ex Rel. Johnson v. Hackett (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 1968)
State v. Monday (Wash. 2011)
State v. Monday (Wash. 2011)
Williams v. Bramer (5th Cir. 1999)
United States v. Jones (United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama 1997)
State v. Bright (Wash. 1996)
State v. Bright (Wash. 1996)
Bailey v. Binyon (District Court, N.D. Illinois 1984)
Millard C. Farmer, Jr. v. Noah J. Strickland, Sheriff of Pierce County (5th Cir. 1981)
Greene v. City of Memphis (6th Cir. 1979)
Greene v. City of Memphis (6th Cir. 1979)
Richard N. Armstead v. United States (D.C. Cir. 1965)
Craig v. State (Fla. 1965)
Kornegay v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1985)
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1968)
Bell v. Maryland (Supreme Court of the United States 1964)
Roland Ware v. Kenneth Dean Reed, as an Individual and in His Capacity as Sheriff of Caldwell County, Texas (5th Cir. 1983)
Willie E. Pendergrast v. United States (D.C. Cir. 1969)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is reversed. Johnson v. Virginia, 373 U. S. 61.

Mr. Justice Black concurs in reversal of the judgment of contempt for reasons discussed in In re Murchison, 349 U. S. 133, In re Oliver, 333 U. S. 257, and Thompson v. City of Louisville, 362 U. S. 199. Cf. Offutt v. United States, 348 U. S. 11. Mr. Justice Clark, Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice White are of the opinion that certiorari should be denied.

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