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Case Name	Dallas County v. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee	VR-AL-0265
Docket / Court	3388-64 ( S.D. Ala. )
State/Territory	Alabama
Case Type(s)	Election/Voting Rights
Special Collection	Selma and early civil rights enforcement
Attorney Organization	NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Equal Protection

Right to travel

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

General

Test or device

Voting

Voting access

Plaintiff Type

State Plaintiff

Race

Black

Voting

Election administration

Voter qualifications

Voter registration rules

Causes of Action

Civil Rights Act of 1957/1960, 42 U.S.C. § 1971

Case Details


Defendant(s)	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Southern Christian Leadership Conference Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Plaintiff Description	Civil rights organizations and activitists
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction dissolved
Source of Relief	Litigation
Order Duration	1964 - 1965
Case Closing Year	1965
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

Docket(s)

3388-64 (S.D. Ala.)
VR-AL-0265-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/19/1965

General Documents

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People


Plaintiff's Lawyers	Gayle, T. G. (Alabama) VR-AL-0265-9000
	McLeod, Blanchard (Alabama) VR-AL-0265-9000
	Pitts, W. McLean (Alabama) VR-AL-0265-9000
	Smith, Royal Randolph (Alabama) VR-AL-0265-9000
	Wilkinson, J. E. Jr. (Alabama) VR-AL-0265-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Aronson, Henry M. (Connecticut) VR-AL-0265-9000
	Eskridge, Chauncey (Illinois) VR-AL-0265-9000
	Greenberg, Jack (New York) VR-AL-0265-9000
	Hall, Peter A. (Alabama) VR-AL-0265-9000