Box 5
Contains 22 Results:
McGautha v. California, 1970
Jury selection of the death penalty violating due process of the Eighth Amendment.
Nesmith v. Young Men's Christian Association of Raleigh, North Carolina, 1968
Argued whether health and athletic facilities are covered under Title II of the Civil Rights Act and that the YMCA was denying membership based on race.
New Orleans, Louisiana v. Adams, 1962 - 1963
Private restaurant wanted a review to allow racial segregation. Meltsner's second trial argued.
Maxwell v. Bishop, 1968 - 1969
Unconstitutional procedure used to sentence to prison and the death penalty.
Nelson v. New York, John Francis Peters v. New York, John W. Terry v. Ohio, 1967
Amicus curiae for probable cause, reasonable suspicion, and stop and frisk cases.
People ex rel. Gonzalez v. Warden, 1967 - 1968
Inequality of the bail system against minorities and low-income individuals.
Rackley v. Board of Trustees of the Orangeburg Regional Hospital, 1965
Class action against a hospital for racial segregation of its facilities.
New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer, 1978
Argued that the Transit Authority's methadone policy was unconstitutional.
O'Callahan v. Parker, 1968
Court martial trials in non-military crimes committed by persons in military status.
Smith v. Hampton Training School for Nurses, 1966
Black nurses were expelled from a cafeteria at the nursing training school because it was exclusive for whites.