ALABAMA DE-SEGREGATION CASES WORKING THROUGH THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM, as recorded in a series of ten court publications, all save one in the U.S. Supreme Court, 1958-1967, as individually described below, one with the ownership name of Earl McBee, heavily marked, another the “personal copy” of William C. Walker, both lawyers working on behalf of the City of Birmingham.
All in original printed wrappers (several with storage soiling, one with circle stains). Still a very good lot. Item #66694
a. Jurisdictional Statement. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1958, Ruby Fredericka Shuttlesworth, by her next friend, F. L Shuttlesworth, Appellants v. Birmingham Board of Education of Jefferson County, Alabama, Appellee, on appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division. Washington, DC: The Court, 1958. 8vo. 18 pp. Deciding the jurisdiction for a case involving the constitutionality of an Alabama law regarding school placement of children. Apparently not recorded on OCLC.
b. Brief for Respondent. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1965, No. 5, Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Petitioner, vs. City of Birmingham, on Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the State of Alabama. Earl McBee & William C. Walker for the respondent. St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Law Printing Co, 1965. 8vo. 38 pp. Regarding a Shuttlesworth arrest for loitering and preventing safe passage while participating in a Civil Rights protest.
c. Brief of Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1965, Wyatt Tee Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, A.D. King, J.W. Hayes, T.L. Fisher, F. L. Shuttlesworth, and J.T. Porter, Petitioners, vs. City of Birmingham, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Alabama, Respondent. J.M Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., 1965. 8vo. 37 pp. Questioning the courts position on jurisdiction in a case involving Civil Rights protests. Several neat pencil corrections to the text. OCLC locates one copy (Hofstra).
d. Brief for Respondent. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1966, No. 249, Wyatt Tee Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, A.D. King, J.W. Hayes, T.L. Fisher, F. L. Shuttlesworth, and J.T. Porter, Petitioners, vs. City of Birmingham, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Alabama, Respondent, on Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama. J.M Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., 1966. 8vo. 85 pp. Questioning the validity of arguments against the legality of convictions of the petitioners arising from Civil Rights protests. Earl McBee’s copy with his ink name at head of front wrappers; heavily marked in ink and with several marginal notes. OCLC locates four copies (Alabama Supreme Court Library, Birmingham/Jefferson County Public, Alabama, Georgia).
e. Supplemental Brief for Respondent. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1966, No. 249, Wyatt Tee Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, A.D. King, J.W. Hayes, T.L. Fisher, F. L. Shuttlesworth, and J.T. Porter, Petitioners, vs. City of Birmingham, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Alabama, Respondent, on Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama. J.M Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., 1966. 8vo. 5 pp. Additional arguments to “d” above. Apparently not recorded on OCLC.
f. Objections to Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1966, No. 249, Wyatt Tee Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, A.D. King, J.W. Hayes, T.L. Fisher, F. L. Shuttlesworth, and J.T. Porter, Petitioners, vs. City of Birmingham, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Alabama, Respondent, J.M Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., 1966. 8vo. 8 pp. Objecting to an AFL-CIO filing of an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the petitioners. Apparently not recorded on OCLC.
g. Brief for Appellee. In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23,840, Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Appellant, vs. City of Birmingham, Appellee, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Appellee. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., (1967). 8vo. 20 pp. Regarding the constitutionality of a Birmingham law under which Shuttlesworth was convicted after participating in Civil Rights protests. OCLC locates one copy (Alabama).
h. Brief of Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1967, Fred I. Shuttlesworth, Petitioner, vs. City of Birmingham, Alabama, Respondent, J.M. Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Printing Co., 1967. 8vo. 32 pp. Lawyers for Birmingham argue that the petitioner had not been “deprived of right, privileges, and immunities secured by the Constitution” for his arrest and conviction while participating in Civil Rights protests. OCLC locates one copy (Birmingham/Jefferson Co. Public).
i. Jurisdictional Statement in Behalf of Appellants. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Session, 1967, Governor Lurleen Burns Wallace in her capacity as Governor of the State of Alabama and as President of Alabama State School Board of Education [and others], Appellants, vs. United States of America, Appellee, MacDonald Gallion, [Alabama] Attorney General [and others], Attorneys for Named Appellants. Kansas City, MO: E. L. Mendenhall, 1967. 8vo. x, 61, 362 [appendix] pp. Early in 1967, a three-judge panel issued a blanket desegregation order in “Lee vs. Macon County Board of Education,” a decision upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court, a pivotal decision in desegregation battles across the South. Apparently not recorded on OCLC.
j. Brief for Respondent. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1968, Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Petitioner, vs. City of Birmingham, Alabama, Respondent, pm Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama, J. R. Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., (1967). 8vo. 74 pp. Inscribed at head of front wrapper “William C. Walker – Personal Copy / p. 28 & 40 & 41,” with ink underlining on page 28. The city continues to argue that Shuttlesworth was breaking the law, not participating in a “peaceful, orderly demonstration.” OCLC locates two copies (Alabama, Birmingham/Jefferson Co. Public). Circle stains on front wrapper.
Fred L. Shuttlesworth (1922-2011) “was a U.S. Civil Rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama” (Wikipedia). A native of Mount Meigs, Alabama, he became pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1953, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, worked in the leadership of the Alabama chapter of the NAACP, participated in sit-ins in 1960, and was tireless din his efforts to secure civil rights for African-Americans. Convicted of parading without a permit during a demonstration in 1963, he battled the charge through the courts and finally won a reversal in a 1969 Supreme Court reversal.
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