AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Draper V. Clark Dairy Not Reported in A.2d, Superior Court of Connecticut, Docket Number 73800 (10/10/1950) A hearing tribunal of the inter-racial commission under the Fair Employment Practices Act concluded that the defendant employer refused employment to the applicant, a Negro, because of his... 1950 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Dunn V. Nevada Tax Commission 67 Nev. 173, Supreme Court of Nevada, Docket Number 3591 (3/15/1950) Action by James Albert Dunn, doing business under the fictitious name of Nevada Publishing Company, against the Nevada Tax Commission, for declaratory judgment as to validity of St.1949, c. 152, which provided for licensing the business of supplying horse racing information received from sources outside the state. From a judgment of the First... 1950 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Epps V. Carmichael 93 F.Supp. 327, United States District Court M.D. North Carolina, Docket Number CIV. 144 (10/9/1950) Harold Thomas Epps and others brought action against William Donald Carmichael, Jr., President of the University of North Carolina, and others, to restrain the defendants from refusing to admit the plaintiffs to the University of North Carolina Law School because of the race and color of the plaintiffs. The District Court, Hayes, J., held that,... 1950 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Hall V. Louisville and Nashville R. Co. Not Reported in F.Supp, United States District Court; W.D. Kentucky, Louisville Division, Docket Number 1306 (7/17/1950) The individual plaintiffs, Jno. Slaughter, Emmit Jordon, Thomas Hall, John Jackson, C. J. Williams, A. J. Young, Patrick Long, Willie H. Cottrell and James Griffin, Jr., are, or were, employees of defendant Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in its Mechanical Department. They are all colored men first employed as laborers and subsequently... 1950 Cases Yes  
  Hayes V. Union Pac. R. Co. 88 F.Supp. 108, United States District Court, N.D. California, Southern Division, Docket Number 28990 (1/19/1950) Thomas E. Hayes, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated who may come in and prosecute this action and contribute to the costs thereof, sued the Union Pacific Railroad Company and Dining Car Employees Union Local 372, a voluntary unincorporated labor organization, and another, for injunction and for other relief for discrimination... 1950 Cases Yes  
  Hayes V. Union Pac. R. Co. 184 F.2d 337, United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit, Docket Number 12509 (8/30/1950) Thomas E. Hayes, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated sued the Union Pacific Railroad Company and others for injunctive and other equitable relief, and for alleged discrimination against Negro employees under Railway Labor Act. The United States District Court, Northern District of California, Southern Division, Michael J. Roche,... 1950 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Maxwell V. State 217 Ark. 691, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 4636 (10/9/1950) Herman Maxwell was convicted in the Circuit Court, Hempstead County, Dexter Bush, J., of rape and defendant appealed. The Supreme Court, Griffin Smith, C. J., held that where original jury panel contained no Negroes and a special list was summoned, in which there were eight members of Negro race, trial court's action in refusing to quash the old... 1950 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Mclaurin V. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Ed. 339 U.S. 637, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 34 (6/5/1950) Action by G. W. McLaurin against the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and others, for injunctive relief. The plaintiff, a Negro, had been admitted to the University of Oklahoma for purpose of pursuing studies leading to a Doctorate in Education, but his admission was made subject to certain conditions as to segregation. From a judgment... 1950 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  People V. Chavez 100 Cal.App.2d 356, District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 3, California, Docket Number CR. 4514 (11/9/1950) Frank Chavez was convicted in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County of unlawfully receiving and holding money wagered upon the result of a horse race and he appealed from the conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. The District Court of Appeal, Wood, J., held that the evidence established the corpus delicti and justified... 1950 Cases Yes  
  Rice V. Rinaldo 95 N.E.2d 30, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Montgomery County (10/18/1950) Action by Iona Lee Rice, against Samuel J. Rinaldo, dentist, for violation of the statute prohibiting the denial of any place of public accommodation to a citizen on the ground of his race. The defendant demurred to the first cause of action. The Common Pleas Court, Montgomery County, Mills, J., sustained the demurrer and held that a dentist's... 1950 Cases Yes  
  Rice V. Rinaldo 95 N.E.2d 30, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Montgomery (10/18/1950) Action by Iona Lee Rice, against Samuel J. Rinaldo, dentist, for violation of the statute prohibiting the denial of any place of public accommodation to a citizen on the ground of his race.... 1950 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Roberts V. Curtis 93 F.Supp. 604, United States District Court District of Columbia, Docket Number CIV. 2192-50 (10/5/1950) Malcolm I. Roberts and others sued Edward W. Curtis and others for breach of a restrictive covenant not to sell certain realty to members of the colored race. Defendants moved to dismiss the action. The District Court, Holtzoff, J., held that such a covenant cannot be enforced by judicial action of any kind, whether by suit for injunction or by... 1950 Cases Yes  
  Rolax V. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. 91 F.Supp. 585, United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division. , Docket Number CIV. 670 (2/23/1950) Action under the Railway Labor Act by Willie J. Rolax and others against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and others to enjoin the assertion of any claim or recognition of any agreement making a distinction between white and colored firemen on ground of race or color and to enjoin Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen from acting... 1950 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Ross V. State 156 Tex.Crim. 164, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 24630 (4/19/1950) Herman Lee Ross was convicted in the District Court, Galveston County, C. G. Dibrell, J., of murder, and he appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals, Graves, J., held that stipulated facts failed to show that absence of a member of Negro race from grand jury which indicted defendant, who was a Negro, was result of race discrimination. Judgment... 1950 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Sex, Discrimination, and the Constitution 2 Stanford Law Review 691 (July, 1950) In 1872, Justice Bradley of the United States Supreme Court said of women's status, The paramount destiny and mission of woman are to fulfil the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator. In 1950, the law of the Creator is differently construed. The Senate has approved an amendment to the Constitution designed to... 1950 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Shirer V. Anderson 88 F.Supp. 858, United States District Court E.D. South Carolina, Docket Number CIV. 2392 (2/7/1950) Pearl Green Shirer, individually and on behalf of the Negro teachers and principals in School District No. 20, in the county of Charleston, sued Jesse T. Anderson, State Superintendent of Education and Ex Officio, Secretary of the State Board of Education, E. R. Crow and others, as State Board of Education, and others, to have declared... 1950 Cases Yes  
  State ex Rel. Boyd V. Board of Control 47 So.2d 619, Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc (8/1/1950) Original mandamus proceeding by the State, on the relation of Rose Boyd, against the Board of Control and others, to compel admission of the relator to the University of Florida. The Supreme Court, Sebring, J., held that proposed establishment of a school of pharmacy at the Negro Agricultural College with facilities equal to those at the University... 1950 Cases Yes  
  State ex Rel. Hawkins V. Board of Control of Fla. 47 So.2d 608, Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc (8/1/1950) Original mandamus proceeding by the State, on the relation of Virgil D. Hawkins, against the Board of Control of Florida and others, to compel admission of a Negro to the College of Law of the University of Florida. The Supreme Court, Sebring, J., held that proposed establishment of a Negro law school at the Negro Agricultural College with... 1950 Cases Yes  
  State ex Rel. Lewis V. Board of Control 47 So.2d 617, Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc (8/1/1950) Original mandamus proceeding by the State, on the relation of William T. Lewis, against the Board of Control of the state of Florida and others, to compel admission of the relator to the College of Law of the University of Florida. The Supreme Court, Sebring, J., held that proposed establishment of a Negro law school at the Negro Agricultural... 1950 Cases Yes  
  State ex Rel. Maxey V. Board of Control 47 So.2d 618, Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc (8/1/1950) Original mandamus proceeding by the State, on the relation of Oliver R. Maxey, to compel admission of the relator to the University of Florida. The Supreme Court, Sebring, J., held that proposed establishment of a Negro college of chemical engineering at the Florida Negro Agricultural College fulfilled equal protection of the laws requirements of... 1950 Cases Yes  
  State ex Rel. Toliver V. Board of Ed. Of City of St. Louis 360 Mo. 671, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2, Docket Number 41543 (5/8/1950) The State of Missouri, at the relation of Marjorie Vanderbilt Toliver, a minor, by Carrie Terry Dempsey, her next friend, brought mandamus proceedings against the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, a corporation, and others, to compel defendants to permit the minor, who was a student at state teachers college for negro students to... 1950 Cases Yes  
  State V. Nichols 216 La. 622, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 39588 (1/9/1950) Allan Nichols, a Negro, was convicted in the Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles, Lester L. Bordelon, J., of manslaughter, and he appealed. The Supreme Court, Moise, J., held that systematic exclusion of members of Negro race from grand or petit jury in parish in which defendant was convicted was improper, and that motion to quash... 1950 Cases Yes  
  State V. Oscar 226 S.W.2d 722, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1, Docket Number 41538 (2/13/1950) Edward Oscar was convicted in the Circuit Court for Jackson County, Ben Terte, J., of rape upon an eleven year old girl, and he appealed. The Supreme Court, Lozier, C., held that a 99 year imprisonment did not reflect a preconceived judgment, bias or prejudice against defendant because of his race, and that the state's attorney was not guilty of... 1950 Cases Yes  
  Trustees, Pleasant Grove Independent School Dist. V. Bagsby 237 S.W.2d 750, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo, Docket Number 6089 (12/11/1950) Suit by E. C. Bagsby, and others, against Trustees, pleasant Grove Independent School District, for a writ of mandamus commanding defendants, as trustees of the school district to provide and maintain a certain school as a full course elementary school and to provide, within the school district equal and impartial facilities for education of negro... 1950 Cases Yes  
  Wilson V. Board of Sup'rs of La. State University and Agr. And Mechanical College 92 F.Supp. 986, United States District Court E.D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division, Docket Number CIV. 816 (10/7/1950) Roy S. Wilson on his own behalf and on behalf of all Negro citizens of the United States residing in the State of Louisiana similarly situated, brought action against the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and others to enjoin enforcement of order of defendant board denying admission to... 1950 Cases Yes  
  Air Terminal Services V. Rentzel 81 F.Supp. 611, United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division. , Docket Number CIV. 394 (1/3/1949) Action by Air Terminal Services, Inc., against Delos Wilson Rentzel, administrator of civil aeronautics and others, to determine whether a regulation of defendant administrator prohibiting maintenance of racial segregation at the Washington National Airport is invalid under the federal assimilative crimes statute and to restrain enforcement of the... 1949 Cases Yes  
  Baskin V. Brown 174 F.2d 391, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 5861 (5/17/1949) Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; J. Waties Waring, Judge. Action by David Brown, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, against W. P. Baskin and others to protect the right of Negro citizens to participate in Democratic primaries. From a judgment for plaintiff, 80... 1949 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Boyer V. Garrett 88 F.Supp. 353, United States District Court, D. Maryland, Docket Number CIV. 4152 (12/30/1949) Phillip Boyer and others sued Robert Garrett and others to recover damages and to enjoin defendants as members of the Board of Recreation of the City of Baltimore and others from enforcing a rule or practice providing for the segregation of the races in athletic activities, including the sports of golf, basketball, and tennis, in the public parks... 1949 Cases Yes  
  Brief for the Congress of Industrial Organizations as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petition for Certiorari., Sweatt V. Theophilus Shickel Painter Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 44 (5/13/1949) The Congress of Industrial Organizations files the within memorandum on behalf of its members because this case involves the constitutionality of state-compelled segregation in education--a... 1949 Briefs Yes  
  Brief for the Congress of Industrial Organizations as Amicus Curiae, Hughes V. Superior Court of the State of California Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 61 (11/3/1949) The members of the Congress of Industrial Organizations have a two-fold interest in this case. The case involves, first, the right of Negro organizations, not affiliated with any labor... 1949 Briefs Yes  
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