Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education

Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education and Holmes County Board of Education v. Alexander

Alexander v. Holmes Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 396 U.S. 802 (1969)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 9, 1969
Docket: Nos. 632; No. 713
Citations: 396 U.S. 80290 S. Ct. 22

Cited by 10 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in No. 632 granted. Petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 632 granted, and cross-petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 713 denied. No. 632 set for oral argument on Thursday, October 23.

Case will be heard on the certified unprinted record as well as printed briefs already on file and typewritten copies of any further briefs the parties may desire to *803 submit. Typewritten brief for the petitioners shall be on file by Friday, October 17, and the typewritten brief, or briefs, for respondents shall be on file by Wednesday, October 22.

Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Norman C. Amaker, and Melvyn Zarr for petitioners in No. 632. A. F. Summer, Attorney General of Mississippi, and John C. Satterfield for Holmes County Board of Education et al., and Solicitor General Griswold for the United States, respondents in No. 632. Messrs. Summer and Satterfield for petitioners Holmes County Board of Education et al. in No. 713. John W. Douglas, Bethuel M. Webster, Cyrus R. Vance, Asa Sokolow, John Schafer, Louis F. Oberdorfer, John Doar, Richard C. Dinkelspiel, Arthur H. Dean, Lloyd N. Cutler, Bruce Bromley, Berl I. Bernhard, Timothy B. Dyk, and Michael R. Klein for Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law as amicus curiae in support of the petition in No. 632.

Reported below: 417 F. 2d 852 .

How later courts describe this case

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(even though it was made in support of its finding, which we deem erroneous, that Section 21 does not delegate full eminent domain power)

Ga. Power Co. v. 138.30 Acres of Land, 617 F.2d 1112 (5th Cir. 1980)

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United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit563 F.2d 1178 (5th Cir. 1977)
Georgia Power Co. v. 54.20 Acres of Land563 F.2d 1178 (5th Cir. 1977)
State v. William L. Witt(074468)126 A.3d 850 (N.J. 2015)
Georgia Power Co. v. 138.30 Acres of Land617 F.2d 1112 (5th Cir. 1980)
Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. v. United States544 F. Supp. 511 (D. Me. 1982)
Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington v. City of Seattle396 U.S. 803 (1970)

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In re Quesos del País La Esperanza, Inc.No. 18-06529 (Bankr. D.P.R. Apr. 23, 2020)
State v. William L. Witt(074468)126 A.3d 850 (N.J. 2015)
National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Two Parcels of Land One 1691 Sq. Foot More or Less Parcel of Land in Town of New London822 F.2d 1261 (2d Cir. 1987)
Winooski Hydroelectric Co. v. Five Acres of Land in East Montpelier & Berlin769 F.2d 79 (2d Cir. 1985)
Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. v. United States544 F. Supp. 511 (D. Me. 1982)
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit617 F.2d 1112 (5th Cir. 1980)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	United States v. Hinds Cnty. Sch. Bd., 417 F.2d 852 (5th Cir. 1969)	69

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