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· 1/17/1966

Branch v. Mills & Lupton Supply Co.

Citations

  • 382 U.S. 997

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • rejecting a white supremacist group’s claim of implied bias on the part of all potential black jurors in a criminal contempt proceeding to enforce an injunction against the operation of a paramilitary organization
  • rejecting argument that “no black citizen could ever serve as an impartial juror in an action involving a white supremacist, group or individual, as a party,” and holding no basis to impute “bias to all those groups or individuals offended by the white supremacy movement”
  • “[N]either the presence of antagonistic defenses nor a pro se co-defendant is prejudicial per se.”

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