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Hamilton v. Alabama

U.S.
Mar 30, 1964
376 U.S. 650 (1964)
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reversing contempt judgment against a black woman who refused to answer questions at trial unless the prosecutor addressed her as "Miss Hamilton" rather than "Mary"

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Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA.

No. 793.

Decided March 30, 1964.

Certiorari granted and judgment reversed.

Reported below: 275 Ala. 574, 156 So.2d 926.

Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III and Oscar W. Adams, Jr. for petitioner.

Richmond M. Flowers, Attorney General of Alabama, and Bernard F. Sykes and Owen Bridges, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.

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.

Summaries of

Hamilton v. Alabama

U.S.
Mar 30, 1964
376 U.S. 650 (1964)

reversing contempt judgment against a black woman who refused to answer questions at trial unless the prosecutor addressed her as "Miss Hamilton" rather than "Mary"

Summary of this case from Bailey v. Binyon

In Hamilton v. Alabama, 376 U.S. 650, we reversed a judgment of contempt imposed on a Negro witness under these circumstances: "Cross examination by Solicitor Rayburn: "Q. What is your name, please?

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In Hamilton, a witness in an Alabama court proceeding refused to answer questions propounded to her by an attorney who addressed the witness by her first name only.

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In Milton, the petitioner challenged the introduction into evidence of statements which he had made to a police officer under circumstances which, the petitioner contended, violated his constitutional rights.

Summary of this case from United States ex Rel. Haynes v. McKendrick

In Hamilton, a contempt conviction against a Negro lady who refused to answer questions in court proceedings when addressed by her first name, rather than as "Miss * * *", was reversed in a Per Curiam order which simply cited Johnson v. State of Virginia.

Summary of this case from Johnson v. Hackett

In Hamilton a black woman who was called as a witness refused to answer questions on cross-examination so long as she was referred to as "Mary" instead of "Mrs.

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Case details for

Hamilton v. Alabama

Case Details

Full title:HAMILTON v . ALABAMA

Court:U.S.

Date published: Mar 30, 1964

Citations

376 U.S. 650 (1964)
84 S. Ct. 982

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