NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

v.

ALABAMA EX REL. PATTERSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL

Citator

Cited By

• Nat'l Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex rel. Patterson, 357 U.S. 449 (U.S. 1958)
  …dgment, the first time, 91 So. 2d 221, for insufficiency of the petition’s allegations and the second time on procedural grounds. 265 Ala. 349, 91 So. 2d 214. We granted certiorari because of the importance of the constitutional questions presented. 353 U. S. 972. 1 — 1 We address ourselves first to respondent’s contention that we lack jurisdiction because the denial of certiorari by the Supreme Court of Alabama rests on an independent nonfederal ground, namely, that petitioner in applying for certiorari h…
• Green v. United States, 356 U.S. 165 (U.S. 1958)
  …(opinion as to Green). The Court of Appeals affirmed, 241 F. 2d 631, and we granted certiorari because the case presented important issues relating to the scope of the power of federal district courts to convict and sentence for criminal contempts. 353 U. S. 972. The petitioners urge four grounds for reversal, namely: (1) the criminal contempt power of federal courts does not extend to surrender orders; (2) even if such power exists, the evidence was insufficient to support the judgments of contempt; (3) a…
• Alcorta v. Texas, 355 U.S. 28 (U.S. 1957)
  …on for habeas corpus. Petitioner then applied to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for a writ of habeas corpus but that court, acting on the record made at the hearing before the trial court, also refused to issue the writ. We granted cer-tiorari, 353 U. S. 972. Texas concedes that petitioner has exhausted all remedies available to him under state law. Under the general principles laid down by this Court in Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U. S. 103, and Pyle v. Kansas, 317 U. S. 213, petitioner was not accorded du…