[DOWNLOAD] "Oshea v. Littleton Et Al." by Supreme Court of the United States * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Oshea v. Littleton Et Al.
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 15, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
Description
The respondents are 19 named individuals who commenced this civil rights action, individually and on behalf of a class of citizens of the city of Cairo, Illinois, against the States Attorney for Alexander County, Illinois, his investigator, the Police Commissioner of Cairo, and the petitioners here, Michael OShea and Dorothy Spomer, Magistrate and Associate Judge of the Alexander County Circuit Court, respectively, alleging that they have intentionally engaged in, and are continuing to engage in, various patterns and practices of conduct in the administration of the criminal justice system in Alexander County that deprive respondents of rights secured by the First, Sixth, Eighth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments, and by 42 U. S. C. ?? 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1985. The complaint, as amended, alleges that since the early 1960s, black citizens of Cairo, together with a small number of white persons on their behalf, have been actively, peaceably and lawfully seeking equality of opportunity and treatment in employment, housing, education, participation