AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Wood V. Vaughan 209 F.Supp. 106, United States District Court W.D. Virginia, Lynchburg Division, Docket Number CIV. 535 (9/14/1962) Action seeking to end racial segregation and discrimination in public facilities of the defendant city and for a declaratory judgment and injunction to enjoin defendants from discrimination on account of race in all the public institutions of the city and to enjoin appropriation of any public funds to such institution so long as racial segregation... 1962 Cases Yes  
  Wright V. Rockefeller 211 F.Supp. 460, United States District Court S.D. New York (11/26/1962) Action attacking New York redistricting law on grounds that congressional district lines in New York County produced disproportionate representation and were drawn on racial lines. The three-judge District Court held that the record did not establish violation of constitutional rights. Complaint dismissed. 1962 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Abernathy V. Patterson 295 F.2d 452, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 19023 (10/31/1961) Suit by four Negroes against Governor of Alabama and others for injunctive and other relief. From a judgment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Frank M. Johnson, Jr., J., dismissing the complaint, the plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals, Rives, Circuit Judge, held that plaintiffs, who claimed that they... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Allen V. County School Bd. Of Prince Edward County 28 F.R.D. 358, United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division, Docket Number CIV. 1333 (6/14/1961) School desegregation case, wherein the United States sought to intervene as a party plaintiff. The District Court, Lewis, J., held that motion to intervene as a party plaintiff and to add as party defendants the state, certain state officials, and a private school foundation, would be denied, where granting of such intervention would unduly delay... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Allen V. County School Bd. Of Prince Edward County 198 F.Supp. 497, United States District Court E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division, Docket Number CIV. 1333 (8/25/1961) Action presenting questions as to right of county to refuse to maintain free public school system in order to avoid racial discrimination and as to whether defendants were circumventing order of court requiring desegregation. The District Court, Lewis, J., held that County Board of Supervisors deliberately circumvented or attempted to circumvent or... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Allen V. School Bd. City of Charlottesville, Va. 203 F.Supp. 225, United States District Court W.D. Virginia, at Charlottesville, Docket Number CIV. 51 (12/18/1961) School desegregation case. The District Court, Paul, J., held that rules governing assignments to elementary schools whereby those white children living in district where only school was Negro school were assigned to that school but they might, if they so desired, be transferred to white school and whereby Negro pupils living in district where... 1961 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Association for Preservation of Freedom of Choice, Inc. V. Dudley 29 Misc.2d 710, Supreme Court, New York County, New York, Special Term, Part I (6/9/1961) Proceeding under Civil Practice Act, § 1283 et seq., to annul determination of the State Commission Against Discrimination dismissing the complaint alleging a conspiracy between the mayor... 1961 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Association for Preservation of Freedom of Choice, Inc. V. Dudley 29 Misc.2d 710, Supreme Court, New York County, New York, Special Term, Part I (6/9/1961) Proceeding under Civil Practice Act, § 1283 et seq., to annul determination of the State Commission Against Discrimination dismissing the complaint alleging a conspiracy between the mayor of the City of New York and four councilmen to elect only a member of the Negro race to the office of President of the Borough of Manhattan. The Supreme Court,... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Bailey V. Henslee 287 F.2d 936, United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 16547 (3/17/1961) Habeas corpus proceeding. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Gordon E. Young, J., 184 F.Supp. 298, denied the petition, and an appeal was taken. The Court of Appeals, Blackmun, Circuit Judge, held that facts, including existence of device for race identification with its possibility of abuse, exclusion from... 1961 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Bailey V. Patterson 199 F.Supp. 595, United States District Court S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division, Docket Number CIV. 3133 (11/17/1961) Suit to enjoin enforcement of Mississippi peace statutes' and statutes requiring racial segregation on common carriers or in facilities maintained by them. The three-judge District Court, Mize, J., held that state courts would be afforded opportunity to pass upon statutes before federal court would pass upon constitutionality of such statutes,... 1961 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Baldwin V. Morgan 287 F.2d 750, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, 158515, Docket Number 18280 (2/17/1961) Action presenting question of asserted unlawful segregation of races in a railroad terminal station. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Seybourn H. Lynne, Chief Judge, entered judgment denying relief sought by plaintiffs, and they appealed. The Court of Appeals, John R. Brown, Circuit Judge, held that orders of... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Bashford V. Slater 252 Iowa 726, Supreme Court of Iowa, Docket Number 50145 (4/4/1961) Common-law action for injuries sustained by an employee when he was hit by an automobile driven in a stock car race. The Black Hawk District Court, George C. Heath, J., dismissed the plaintiff's cause of action against the owner of the fairgrounds on which the race had been staged and the plaintiff appealed. The Supreme Court, Hays, J., held that... 1961 Cases Yes Overruling Risk
  Board of Ed. Of City School Dist. Of City of New Rochelle V. Taylor 82 S.Ct. 10, Supreme Court of the United States (8/30/1961) Proceeding on application for stay of mandate of Court of Appeals for Second Circuit pending filing and determination of petition for certiorari to review judgment of Court of Appeals affirming a decree in a class action by Negro children enjoining the board and superintendent from requiring children to attend racially segregated school. Mr.... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Brief and Appendix on Behalf of Respondents, N.a.a.c.p. V. Gray Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 5 (10/21/1961) The NAACP does not ask a person if he wishes to challenge a law. However, it does say publicly that it believes that a certain law is invalid and should be challenged in the courts. Negroes... 1961 Briefs Yes  
  Brooks V. City of Tallahassee, Fla. 202 F.Supp. 56, United States District Court N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division, Docket Number CIV. 825 (10/17/1961) A class action was brought against a restaurant operator and a city to enjoin the restaurant operator from discriminating against persons because of their race and color at restaurant at municipal airport and to enjoin the city from maintaining signs at its airport designating separate waiting rooms, lunchroom counter, and rest room facilities for... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Burton V. Wilmington Parking Authority 365 U.S. 715, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 164 (4/17/1961) Action for a declaratory judgment in the form of injunctive relief to restrain the operator of restaurant from refusing to serve the plaintiff solely because he was a Negro. The Chancery Court of Delaware, 150 A.2d 197, granted a judgment for the plaintiff and the defendants appealed. The Supreme Court of Delaware, 157 A.2d 894, reversed and the... 1961 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Chapman V. Local 104 of Intern. Ass'n of Machinists 199 F.Supp. 186, United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Docket Number CIV. 997-H (11/6/1961) Action for declaratory relief, damages and injunction against railroad and railway union by white machinist helpers who, as result of allocation to machinists, all of whom were white, of certain tasks formerly performed by machinist helpers, who were both white and colored, were deprived of work through application of Negro machinist helpers'... 1961 Cases Yes  
  City of Charleston V. Mitchell 239 S.C. 376, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 17856 (12/13/1961) Prosecution on charges of trespass and opposing and interfering with police in discharge of official duties. From an adverse judgment of the General Sessions Court, Charleston County, Thomas P. Bussey, J., the defendants appealed. The Supreme Court, Moss, J., held that arrest and conviction of Negro high school students for trespassing by refusing... 1961 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  City of Miami, Fla. V. Prymus 288 F.2d 465, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 18654 (3/30/1961) Suit to enjoin city from denying Negroes use of publicly owned swimming pool facilities solely on ground of race. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Emett C. Choate, J., entered summary judgment for the plaintiffs, and the city appealed. The Court of Appeals held that alleged failure to exhaust administrative... 1961 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Cummings V. City of Charleston 288 F.2d 817, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 8281 (4/6/1961) Suit to enjoin city from segregating golf course. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston, Ashton H. Williams, J., granted an injunction, but plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals held that the record did not disclose justification for deferring effect of injunction for eight months, and period... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Dodson V. School Bd. Of City of Charlottesville 289 F.2d 439, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 8238 (4/14/1961) The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Charlottesville, John Paul, J., sustained the denial by a school board of the applications of Negro pupils for enrollment in white schools of city, and the Negro pupils appealed. The Court of Appeals, Sobeloff, Chief Judge, held that the assignmnets under desegregation plan... 1961 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Dove V. Parham 194 F.Supp. 112, United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division, Docket Number CIV. 3680 (5/12/1961) Proceeding by school board seeking approval of its plan for elimination of compulsory racial segregation of public schools over a period of transition. The District Court, Henley, Chief Judge, held that plan for assigning first grade students to school for which a preference was indicated if students scored at least in the average range on... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Dove V. Parham 196 F.Supp. 944, United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division, Docket Number 3680 (8/25/1961) Action involving the elimination of compulsory racial segregation in public schools. The District Court, Henley, Chief Judge, held that progress under a transitional plan for integrating a previously all-white school was insufficient where only one Negro student began attending such school after adoption of plan, and two others were not permitted... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Drews V. State 224 Md. 186, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Docket Number 113 (1/18/1961) Defendants were convicted in Circuit Court for Baltimore County, W. Albert Menchine, J., of disorderly conduct, and they appealed. The Court of Appeals, Hammond, J., held that regular exclusion of Negroes from privately owned amusement park did not keep it from being a place of public resort or amusement within disorderly conduct statute. Affirmed. 1961 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Evans V. Buchanan 195 F.Supp. 321, United States District Court D. Delaware, Docket Number CIV.1816-1822 (6/26/1961) Class action instituted by Negro children to compel their admission into public schools on a racially nondiscriminatory basis. The United States District Court for the District of Delaware, Layton, J., 172 F.Supp. 508, as supplemented by173 F.Supp. 891, entered an order approving a proposed plan for desegregation, and the plaintiffs appealed. The... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Ex Parte Seals 271 Ala. 622, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 1 DIV 949 (1/26/1961) The defendant, who had been convicted of rape, and whose conviction had been affirmed by the Supreme Court, filed a petition in the Supreme Court for leave to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court. The Supreme Court, Livingston, C. J., held that the contention of the defendant that members of his race had been... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Gast V. Gorek 211 N.Y.S.2d 112, Supreme Court, Suffolk County, New York, Special Term, Part I (1/16/1961) Action by owner of realty to have declared void a racial restrictive covenant, and a covenant of reverter in a deed to a predecessor in interest. Owner moved for an order striking answer of defendants and for summary judgment. The Supreme Court, D. Ormonde Ritchie, J., held that covenant in a deed forbidding a conveyance to any person of the Negro... 1961 Cases Yes  
  H. K. Porter Co. V. Central Vermont Ry., Inc. 366 U.S. 272, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 158401, 257 (5/22/1961) Action to set aside order of Interstate Commerce Commission. A three-judge United States District Court for the District of Vermont, 182 F.Supp. 516, entered a judgment setting aside the order and the Commission appealed. The Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Black, held that the Interstate Commerce Commission's power to forbid unlawful rate... 1961 Cases Yes  
  Holmes V. Danner 191 F.Supp. 394, United States District Court M.D. Georgia, Athens Division, Docket Number CIV. 450 (1/6/1961) Action by Negro plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and other Negro residents of Georgia, to enjoin the defendant registrar of the state university from refusing to consider applications of the Negro plaintiffs and other Negro residents on the same terms and conditions as he considered white applications for admission. The District Court, Bootle,... 1961 Cases Yes  
  In re Young 29 Misc.2d 817, Supreme Court, New York County, New York, Special Term, Part I (1/26/1961) Contempt proceeding. The Supreme Court, Irving H. Saypol, J., held that respondent who knew of order enjoining the coercing of liquor stores to buy from Negro salesmen was guilty of contempt in picketing and threatening a boycott of liquor stores, and he was not excused because he acted on advice of counsel or because his intentions were good.... 1961 Cases Yes  
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