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434 F.2d 1092 · 1970

Citation profile

15
cited by 15 later decisions
April 1987
most recently cited

9 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Relationships

Relies on Allen v. State Board of Elections · Georgia v. Rachel · City of Greenwood v. Peacock · Virginia v. Rives · Whatley v. City of Vidalia

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “First, it must appear that the right allegedly denied the removal petitioner arises under a federal law “providing for specific civil rights stated in terms of racial equality.” . Second, it must appear . . . that the removal petitioner is “denied or cannot enforce” the specified federal rights “in the courts of [the] State.” This provision normally requires that the “denial be manifest in a formal expression of state law,” . , . such as a state legislative or constitutional provision, “ ‘rather than a denial first made manifest at the trial of the case.’ ””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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