1. NAACP v. ALABAMA ex rel. PATTERSON, No. 753, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, June 8, 1959, Decided ** Together with No. 674, Misc., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Livingston, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, et al., on motion for leave to file and petition for writ of mandamus.
OVERVIEW: In a civil discovery matter, the Supreme Court of Alabama improperly affirmed an adjudication of contempt and a fine because both parties had presented the case as though the association had complied with the production order except for membership lists and the state supreme court could not re-examine the grounds of the Court's disposition.
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