Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham
376 U.S. 339
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1964-03-09
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- a minor procedural failing, such as using the wrong type of paper, cannot constitute an ‘adequate state ground’ blocking review of a federal constitutional issue
- continuing case indefinitely upon joint stipulation of the parties
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- 15 opinions
Per Curiam.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals of Alabama is reversed. Cole v. Arkansas, 333 U. S. 196; Williams v. Georgia, 349 U. S. 375.
Mr. Justice White took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.