3. Defendants'- Ozzie Powell, Willie Roberson, Andy Wright, and Olen
Montgomery.
Respondent- State of Alabama
Chief Lawyer for Defendants‘-Walter H. Pollack
Chief Lawyer for Respondents-Thomas E. Knight, Jr.
4. • 9 African American men hopped on a freight train heading through
Alabama.
• a group of white men also hopped on the train.
• A fight broke out between the two groups
• All but one of the white men were thrown off the train.
• Two white girls claimed that the men wrapped them.
7. Why?
The men really do what the women said
they did.
The men were allowed chaos to talk to
family
8. How of the case??
Majority opinion reversed and
recommended the decisions of the
Alabama Supreme Court holding that due
process had been violated.
9. Opinions
The court said that the rights of the 14th amendment had
been violated and that each person should be given a
separate but equal trial.
The community along with everyone else thought of the
actions unreasonable and unfair.