Maria v. Ramadan

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming determination that Alabama statutes requiring racial segregation in prisons violate Fourteenth Amendment
• plaintiff class of prisoners against defendant class of wardens and jailers charged with enforcing statutes relating to segregation of prisoners
• plaintiffs sought desegregation of State penal system and county and city jails; class composed of all wardens, jailers and sheriffs in Alabama
• class of sheriffs and wardens proper in suit attacking statute calling for segregation of prisoners
• prisoners are protected under the Equal 17 Protection Clause from invidious discrimination based on race
• county sheriff and city warden properly sued as representatives of their counterparts in class action to enjoin racial segregation in state penal system and in county, city, and town jails

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).