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High Court Overturns Bias Verdicts in Louisiana Court Case
The Supreme Court unanimously overturned jail sentences for three African Americans who refused to move to the segregated section of a Baton Rouge court in 1962. The ruling cites a Richmond, Virginia decision that states may not require courtroom segregation and references ongoing rulings on the legality of such practices.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
High Court
Richmond
19Th Judicial District Court
East Baton Rouge Parish
Fred S. LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Justice Clark
Pearl Lee E
George
Laura Lee S, Harris
Willie Lee B. Harris
North Carolina
The
Southern Railway
Brennan
North Carolina Supreme Court
Harlan
Iar
General Electric Co
Federal Pacific Electric Co
Kansas City
General Electric
Federal Pacific
U.S. District Court
New York City