Law students civil rights research council project report

LAW STUDENTS CIVIL RIGHTS RESEARCH COUNCIL
PROJECT REPORT
Complete September 1, 1963—February ls 196,1|
PART I
(Boycott)
■"•° ^„s 1 ^ c t i v e Bo j co 11 - A project has been completed for the National
IpuncIT of Negro Women, which delineates the legal ramifications
of a selective" buying' campaign* Applicable, Federal and State
^statates are examined in depth. - Columbia; file No. 10
(Procedure)
2» Te.ch.nj calities as a Basis for Denial* A survey of Alakaraa cases
where review was denied Beeeuse of*technical violations of the
Supreme Court of Alabama, Rules of Procedure, - Harvard:;flie-
No „ 11.  NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
(Criminal Law)
3° Analysis of Alabama Rapc-Intont & Burglary Intent Cases and
Statutes- A shore" memo ran dura," "on the amount of proof necessary
to sustain a finding of the requisite intent in (1) prosecutions
of alleged assaults with intent to ravish, (2) prosecutions of
alleged attempted assaults with intent to ravish, and (3) prosecutions of alleged burglaries. - Harvard; file no, 12.  Prepared for NAACP Legal Defense Fund,
(Voting)
k«  Votitng...byi Negroes under baCo .3114 of the Mississippi Code- A
"short advisory, opinion.-outlining" the interpretations of
Sec. 3H4> which reaes, a person who believes that he is entitled
to vote or has been Illegally denied registration, must present
an affidavit to that effect, and to cast a vote to be effective
only after the favorable judgement of the Executive Committee
that such person was entitled to vote.- Harvard, File No. 13*
Prepared for NAACP Legal Defense Fund.,     ' ' ""
(Procedure)
5. Mandamus- A memorandum on the use of mandamus to compel a welfare
cormnissioner to withhold welfare rent payments pursuant to a
state law, requiring him to withhold the payment of rents to
substandard housing. - Harvard, File no. 14.  Prepared for
William Kunstler, Esq,., for use in the Port Chester Rent case.
(Public Accommodations)
6* A New Approach to Sit-ins- A creative memorandum,-, the thrust; of
whlSK" Is that since owners of land in fee derive title originally
from the state, they therefore continue to hold land subject
to the ultimate sovereignty of the state and its regulations,
(feudal incidents)e Prepared for Carl Rachlin, Gen. Counsel,
CORE ~ Yale, file No. l£,
(Crininal Procedure)
7" S-LFife^s PS...)P-YPrs  ^n Court- A memorandum on the rights of minors
T.n situations where they are arrested for such offenses as
disorderly conduct and the like, and the Southern (or Northern)
court exercises its parental authority over the minor, and
either (a) sends the younster to some institution for delinquency
t&r  the rest of his minority, or (b) as has happened, taking the
custody of the youngster away from his parents«  Prepared for
Carl Rachlin, CORE - Chicago Law School; file No* 16
(Free Speech)
8, Parade Ordinance; Use and Misuse- An analysis of the constitutionality of the new Danville, ""Virginia, parade ordinance, passed
after the first ordinance was declared unconstitutional. Included
is a memorandum of the right to use the streets; right to
assemble.  Prepared for Morris Lasker, Esq., Columbia;file no,17«
(Criminal Procedure)
9» Bail- Limitations of the states' power to set bail, the kinds of
bail x^hieh may be set, and the effect of the 6th amendment
on the states' power In this area.  Prepared, for Carl Rachlin,
CORE - Chicago; File no,  21«
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