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United States Supreme Court; Respondents' Supplemental Brief To U.S. S. Ct. Decision; October Term 1938

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United States Supreme Court; Decision; October Term 1938, Chief Justice Hughes

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United States Supreme Court; Bound Copy Of Petition Of Respondents' For Rehearing; October Term 1938

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United States Supreme Court; Respondents' Brief In Opposition To Petition For Certiori; October Term 1938

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Labor Law - When A "Labor Dispute" Exists Within Meaning Of The Norris-Laguardia Act, Erwin B. Ellmann

Michigan Law Review

Two recent Supreme Court decisions, interpreting the Norris-LaGuardia Act at its most troublesome area, confirm the Congressional revision of the rules governing scrimmages between capital and labor in the federal courts. In holding in Lauf v. Shinner that the struggle by an outside union for unionization of a shop, none of whose employees were affiliated with the organizing union, and in New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co. that agitation by members of a negro racial protective organization to compel employment of negro workers were "labor disputes" within the meaning of section 13, the Supreme Court has substantially put to …

Letter, 1937-11-30,Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Encourages Brother To Visit Lloyd In Ann Arbor, Michigan., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

Envelope: Postmarked Nov. 30, Ann Arbor, Mich. 2 cancelled 3 cent stamps. Return address: 1017 1/2 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, Mich. Addressed to: Mr. Geo. D. Gaines, 3932 W. Belle Place, St.Louis, Missouri. Letter: 1 page letter on mongrammed stationery. Encourages brother to visit Lloyd in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Missouri Supreme Court; Decision; September Term 1937, Judge William F. Frank

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Letter, 1937-06-14,Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Discusses Work Prospects After Master's Degree Is Achieved., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

Envelope: Postmarked June 14, 1937, BUFF an CHI W.D. R.P.O.Special Delivery. 1 cancelled 10 cent stamp and 3 cent stamp. Return address: LL Gaines, 1017 1/2 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, Mich. Addressed to: Mr. Geo D. Gaines, 3932 W. Belle Place, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter, 3 page letter with accompanying newspaper article. Discusses work prospects after master's degree is achieved.

Missouri Supreme Court; Respondant's Brief; May Term 1937

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Letter, 1937-04-06, Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Postscript Regarding Mo Supreme Court Case., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. Letter 4 pages, black ink. Addressed from 1017 1/2 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 6, 1937. Discusses family news and life in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postscript regarding MO Supreme Court case.

Letter, 1937-03-21, Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Financial Account Of Money Lloyd Owes George For Helping With Education Expenses., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. 1 page note on 3x6 paper, black ink. Addressed from 1017 1/2 East Catherine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 21, 1937. Financial account of money Lloyd owes George for helping with education expenses.

Letter, 1937-03-20, Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Financial Account Of Money Lloyd Owes George For Helping With Education Expenses., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. 2 page note on 3x6 paper, black ink. Addressed from 1017 1/2 East Catherine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 20, 1937. Financial account of money Lloyd owes George for helping with education expenses.

Letter, 1936-11-08, Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Letter Discusses Family Legal Issue That Lloyd Researched., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. 4 page letter on monogrammed stationery. Addressed from 1017 1/2 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nov. 8th, 1936. Letter discusses family legal issue that Lloyd researched.

Constitutional Law - Race Segregation Ordinance - Effect Of Military Order Of Governor Issued For Same Purpose

Michigan Law Review

A "segregation ordinance" of Oklahoma City, prospective in nature, made it unlawful for any negro to occupy as a residence any house or building located in a block wherein a majority of the buildings used were occupied by white persons. The initial step in the segregation of races in the city occurred when the Governor issued a military order for the separation of the races, because it appeared that riot and bloodshed were imminent; such order to remain in effect until an ordinance was passed in lieu of the order. Held, the ordinance was an invalid exercise of the …

Letter, 1936-10-27, Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Letter Discusses Financial Needs., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. 4 page letter on monogrammed stationery. Addressed from 1017 1/2 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 27th, 1936. Letter discusses financial needs.

Circuit Court, Boone County, Missouri; Respondents Trial Brief; June Term 1936

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Circuit Court, Boone County, Missouri; Respondents Return To The Alt. Writ Of Mandamus; April Term 1936

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Letter, 1936-01-08, Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Account Of Money Owed Brother., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope and frayed; paper is yellowing. Addressed from 3932 W. Belle Place, St. Louis, Missouri, January 18, 1936. Account of money owed brother.

Constitutional Law-Exclusion From Juries On Grounds Of Race And Color-Scottsboro Case

Michigan Law Review

A negro convicted of rape in one of the so-called "Scottsboro" cases moved to quash the indictment and the trial venire, alleging systematic exclusion of negroes from the grand and petit juries on the grounds of race and color. The trial court overruled the motions, and the Alabama Supreme Court sustained this decision, holding that the evidence failed to establish such exclusion. On certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, held, that the refusal to quash the indictment and trial venire was a denial of equal protection of the laws contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment, since the evidence on …

Letter, 1935-04-28, Arthur Gaines To George L. Gaines; Discusses Family Health And Finances., Arthur Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. 4 page letter on lined paper with pencil. Addressed from R.F.D.4 Box #20, Oxford, Miss., April 28, 1935. Discusses family health and finances.

Constitutional Law - Discrimination Against Negroes - Control Of Party Membership, Everett S. Brown

Michigan Law Review

The petitioner, R. R. Grovey, allegedly a citizen of the United States and of Texas, and possessing all the qualifications of a voter, was refused a ballot for a Democratic party primary because he was of the Negro race. Grovey demanded ten dollars damages from the respondent, Albert Townsend, the county clerk, a state officer. The Revised Civil Statutes of Texas provide for primary elections and regulate absentee voting. When Grovey demanded of Townsend an absentee ballot it was refused in virtue of a resolution of the state Democratic convention of Texas, adopted May 24, 1932, as follows:

"Be it …

Lynching And The Law, James B. Blackburn

West Virginia Law Review

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Letter, 1935-02-13,Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Discusses Lloyd's Financial Situation And Need For Money For School At Lincoln University., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. 1 page note on 3x6 index card, blue ink. Misc. notes on back of card. Addressed from Lincoln University, Feb. 13th, 1935. Discusses Lloyd's financial situation and need for money for school at Lincoln University.

Letter, Lloyd Gaines To George L. Gaines; Discusses Lloyd's Financial Situation In Light Of Unidentified Tension Between Lloyd And His Brother George., Lloyd L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. 4 page letter on 3x6 paper, blue ink. No date indicated. Discusses Lloyd's financial situation in light of unidentified tension between Lloyd and his brother George.

Segregation Of Residences Of Negroes, Arthur T. Martin

Michigan Law Review

Most white people do not want Negroes for neighbors. For many years this race prejudice alone seemed adequate to secure the type of domiciliary segregation which the majority desired. In recent years, however, Negro incursions into so-called white territory have become more numerous, and white landowners have resorted to legal devices to secure race exclusiveness in residential sections. In considering the validity of these segregation devices the courts have not ordinarily purported to take into account the social desirability of the end sought. No examination has been made of the factors back of Negro migration into white territory. No thought …

Primary Elections And The Constitution, Luther Harris Evans

Michigan Law Review

Recent attempts in Texas and elsewhere to exclude Negro voters from primary elections reveal the unsettled state of constitutional law in this field. Two struggles of principle, individualism versus police power and States' rights versus nationalism, are outlined in the judicial opinions reviewed below under the following headings: (I) Basis of state power over primaries; (II) Limitations on state power over primaries imposed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments; (III) Basis of state power over primaries for nominating United States Senators and Representatives; and (IV) Basis of national power over primaries for nominating United States Senators and Representatives.

Letter, 1933-12-15, George L. Gaines To Lloyd Gaines; Discusses Family Life And Health., George L. Gaines

Gaines Family Correspondence

No envelope. Addressed from 3632 W. Belle Pl., St. Louis, 9110, Dec. 15, 1933. 2 page letter on American Royal De luxe Burlington Flyer stationery. Discusses family life and health.

Evidence-The Unchastity Of A Female Witness As A Ground For Impeaching Her Veracity

Michigan Law Review

The underlying question which we propose to consider is this: Has the trait of chastity any such definite correlation with that of veracity that courts are justified in using the former as a criterion of the latter? It must be apparent from even a brief survey of the decisions in this field, and the reasons given therefor, that on this question the courts are swayed far more than ordinarily by their emotional reactions. Buttressed with sentiments that cannot fail to stir the heart of the male in any monogamous community and riveted with references to religion as well as the …

Criminal Law And Procedure - Evidence - Presumptions

Michigan Law Review

The Alien Land Law of California forbids the acquisition of real property for agricultural purposes by aliens ineligible to citizenship; amendment 9b provides that proof of the acquisition of land by the defendant and of his being a member of a race ineligible to United States citizenship raises the presumption of ineligibility to citizenship against the defendant, and the burden is on him to show citizenship or eligibility thereto. Defendants, an American and a Japanese, were indicted for conspiracy to violate the act. No evidence as to the birthplace of the Japanese was adduced by either side, and both were …

Constitutional Law - Due Process And Equal Protection - Right Of Counsel

Michigan Law Review

The Scottsboro cases decided by the Supreme Court at the present term raise several interesting constitutional questions. The judgments were assailed on the ground that they were violative of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment in three respects: (1) that the negroes were tried by juries from which members of their race were systematically excluded; (2) that they were not accorded a fair, impartial and deliberate trial; (3) that due process was denied because the right of counsel, with the usual incidents of consultation and adequate preparation for trial, was lacking. While the Supreme Court …