Box 3
Contains 12 Results:
Beecher v. Alabama, 1966
Indigent denied Fourteenth Amendment rights with no examination of mental sanity and ability to stand trial.
Bell v. Georgia Dental Association, 1964
Racial segregation in the Georgia Dental Association by the State Board of Health.
Biggers v. Tennessee, 1966 - 1972
Appeal of a rape case by a petitioner who was sixteen years old at the time of his trial.
Boyd v. Bell Atlantic-Maryland, 2005
Unethical class action settlement procedures against low-income consumers.
Coleman v. Alabama, 1964 - 1966
Racial discrimination in jury selection resulting in an unjust trial.
Cypress v. Newport News General & Nonsectarian Hospital Association, 1966 - 1967
Racially discriminatory admission policies against Black physicians and Black hospital staff along with racial segregation of hospital patients.
Darwin v. Connecticut, 1968
Improper evidence collection and interrogation in a second-degree murder conviction.
Death penalty case briefs argued at the United States Supreme Court: Aikens v. California, Furman v. Georgia, Jackson, Jr. v. Georgia, 1971 - 1972
The court cases consist of original bound booklets and photocopies of Supreme Court, Appellate Court, and Court of Appeals cases. These are cases that Meltsner argued, assisted with, or appeared as amicus curiae, including cases while Meltsner was at the NAACP LDF. Included is Green v. New Kent County School Board regarding segregated schools, Furman v. Georgia capital punishment argument, and multiple cases covering segregation in southern hospitals in the 1960s.
Dellinger et. Al. v. United States, 1972
Group of men accused of inciting riots during the Democratic National Convention in 1968 (the "Chicago Eight").
Dokes v. Alabama, 1966
Warantless search of property and unreasonable search based on race of petitioner.