Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hamilton v. Alabama
Hamilton v. Ala., 376 U.S. 650 (1964)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1964-03-30
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- summary, per curiam decision reversing a judgment of contempt where it was based on discrimination by the prosecutor in addressing an African American witness only by her first name
- discrimination by prosecutor in addressing a black witness by her first name
- conviction reversed when black defendant was racially demeaned on cross-examination
- discrimination by state attorney in addressing Negro witnesses
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Per Curiam.
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is reversed. Johnson v. Virginia, 373 U. S. 61.
Mr. Justice Black concurs in reversal of the judgment of contempt for reasons discussed in In re Murchison, 349 U. S. 133, In re Oliver, 333 U. S. 257, and Thompson v. City of Louisville, 362 U. S. 199. Cf. Offutt v. United States, 348 U. S. 11. Mr. Justice Clark, Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice White are of the opinion that certiorari should be denied.