Box 3
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Cypress v. Newport News General & Nonsectarian Hospital Association, 1966 - 1967
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
Racially discriminatory admission policies against Black physicians and Black hospital staff along with racial segregation of hospital patients.
Dates:
1966 - 1967
Darwin v. Connecticut, 1968
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents
Improper evidence collection and interrogation in a second-degree murder conviction.
Dates:
1968
Death penalty case briefs argued at the United States Supreme Court: Aikens v. California, Furman v. Georgia, Jackson, Jr. v. Georgia, 1971 - 1972
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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.
Dates:
1971 - 1972