CAMERON v. JOHNSON

No. 587, Misc.

381 U.S. 741 (1965)

CAMERON ET AL. v. JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Kinoy, William M. Kunstler, Benjamin E. Smith, Bruce C. Waltzer, Melvin Wulf and Morton Stavis for appellants.

Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, and William A. Allain, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants brought this action, inter alia, under § 1979 of the Revised Statutes, 42 U. S. C. § 1983 (1958 ed.), to enjoin enforcement of the Mississippi Anti-Picketing statute,* on the grounds that it was an unconstitutionally broad regulation of speech, and that it was being applied for the purpose of discouraging appellants' civil rights activities.

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