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GRIFFIN v. BRECKENRIDGE

No. 144.

403 U.S. 88 (1971)

91 S.Ct. 1790

29 L.Ed.2d 338

GRIFFIN ET AL. v. BRECKENRIDGE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Pollak argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Gary J. Greenberg and John A. Bleveans.

W. D. Moore, by appointment of the Court, 400 U.S. 1006, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Helen J. McDade.

Lawrence G. Wallace argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. On the brief were Solicitor General Griswold and Louis F. Claiborne.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

This litigation began when the petitioners filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, seeking compensatory and punitive damages and alleging, in substantial part, as follows:

"2. The plaintiffs are Negro citizens of the United States and residents of Kemper County, Mississippi. . . . "3. The defendants...

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