AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Barnes V. City of Gadsden, Ala. 268 F.2d 593, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17534 (6/30/1959) Action for a declaratory judgment and injunctions against execution and putting into effect the urban redevelopment plans attacked upon the grounds that they fostered enforced racial segregation. From a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Harlan Hobart Grooms, J., 174 F.Supp. 64, the plaintiffs... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Beckett V. School Bd. Of City of Norfolk, Va. 181 F.Supp. 870, United States District Court E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division, Docket Number CIV. 2214 (5/8/1959) Proceeding testing validity of resolution of school board classifying applications giving rise to mixing of races in public schools as unusual circumstances with effect of requiring Negro children to submit to tests and personal interviews upon applying for transfer to all white schools. The District Court, Walter Hoffman, J., held that where... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Beckett V. School Bd. Of City of Norfolk, Va. 185 F.Supp. 459, United States District Court E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division, Docket Number CIV 2214 (10/22/1959) Proceeding involving denial of applications of Negro children for admission to certain public schools in City of Norfolk, 1959-60 school session. The District Court, Hoffman, J., held that policy of Virginia pupil placement board of denying all applications of Negro children for placement in schools attended solely or predominantly by white... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Beckett V. School Bd. Of City of Norfolk, Va. 185 F.Supp. 459, United States District Court E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division, Docket Number CIV 2214 (10/22/1959) Proceeding involving denial of applications of Negro children for admission to certain public schools in City of Norfolk, 1959-60 school session. The District Court, Hoffman, J., held that policy of Virginia pupil placement board of denying all applications of Negro children for placement in schools attended solely or predominantly by white... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Beckett V. School Bd. Of City of Norfolk, Va. 181 F.Supp. 870, United States District Court E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division, Docket Number CIV. 2214 (5/8/1959) Proceeding testing validity of resolution of school board classifying applications giving rise to mixing of races in public schools as unusual circumstances with effect of requiring Negro children to submit to tests and personal interviews upon applying for transfer to all white schools. The District Court, Walter Hoffman, J., held that where... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Brooks V. School Dist. Of City of Moberly, Mo. 267 F.2d 733, United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 16131 (6/17/1959) Negro schoolteachers brought action against school district of city and others for a declaratory judgment that they were denied re-employment after integration of school system solely because of their race or color, and that such policy was in violation of their rights under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Brooks V. School Dist. Of City of Moberly, Mo. 267 F.2d 733, United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 16131 (6/17/1959) Negro schoolteachers brought action against school district of city and others for a declaratory judgment that they were denied re-employment after integration of school system solely because of their race or color, and that such policy was in violation of their rights under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Browning V. Slenderella Systems of Seattle 54 Wash.2d 440, Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc, Docket Number 34375 (7/9/1959) Action for injuries to feelings of Negress who went to defendant's salon pursuant to appointment made by telephone for courtesy demonstration of defendant's reducing treatments, and who was allegedly discriminated against because of her race or color in violation of the public accommodation law. The Superior Court, King County, Frank D. James, J.,... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Browning V. Slenderella Systems of Seattle 54 Wash.2d 440, Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc, Docket Number 34375 (7/9/1959) Action for injuries to feelings of Negress who went to defendant's salon pursuant to appointment made by telephone for courtesy demonstration of defendant's reducing treatments, and who was allegedly discriminated against because of her race or color in violation of the public accommodation law. The Superior Court, King County, Frank D. James, J.,... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Bugh V. Webb 231 Ark. 27, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 5-1902 (10/19/1959) Action by guest against host for injuries sustained in an accident which occurred during a drag-race. From adverse judgment of the Circuit Court, Second Division, Ouachita County, Tom Marlin, J., the host and his father appealed. The Supreme Court, Ward, J., held that where automobile guest was fully cognizant of hazard of drag racing at night on a... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Builder of Fha Housing Held Barred from Discriminating Against Purchasers on Basis of Race: Possible Sources of Federal Prohibition and Bases for Cause of Action 59 Columbia Law Review 782 (May, 1959) The federal mortgage insurance system, part of the national program to combat the housing shortage, offers mortgage insurance to lenders who finance the purchase of housing, provided the housing and the mortgage comply with certain statutory and administrative requirements. The system benefits three groups in particular: the mortgagees, the... 1959 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Builder of Fha Housing Held Barred from Discriminating Against Purchasers on Basis of Race: Possible Sources of Federal Prohibition and Bases for Cause of Action 59 Columbia Law Review 782 (May, 1959) The federal mortgage insurance system, part of the national program to combat the housing shortage, offers mortgage insurance to lenders who finance the purchase of housing, provided the housing and the mortgage comply with certain statutory and administrative requirements. The system benefits three groups in particular: the mortgagees, the... 1959 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Bullock V. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc. 266 F.2d 326, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17461 (4/20/1959) Action for damages sustained by colored passenger, and his apparently white wife, both of whom were natives of Jamica, on one of defendant carrier's buses, as the result of an assault upon them by another passenger. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, DeVane, J., 162 F.Supp. 203, entered... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Bullock V. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc. 266 F.2d 326, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 17461 (4/20/1959) Action for damages sustained by colored passenger, and his apparently white wife, both of whom were natives of Jamica, on one of defendant carrier's buses, as the result of an assault upon them by another passenger. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, DeVane, J., 162 F.Supp. 203, entered... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Burton V. Wilmington Parking Authority 38 Del.Ch. 266, Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County (4/15/1959) Action for declaratory judgment in form of injunctive relief against operator of restaurant in public building, to require operator to refrain from refusing to serve plaintiff solely because he was a Negro. The Chancery Court, Marvel, Vice Chancellor, held that where city parking authority, a public tax exempt agency, leased space in its building... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Burton V. Wilmington Parking Authority 38 Del.Ch. 266, Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County (4/15/1959) Action for declaratory judgment in form of injunctive relief against operator of restaurant in public building, to require operator to refrain from refusing to serve plaintiff solely because he was a Negro. The Chancery Court, Marvel, Vice Chancellor, held that where city parking authority, a public tax exempt agency, leased space in its building... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Calhoun V. Members of Bd. Of Ed., City of Atlanta, Ga. 188 F.Supp. 401, United States District Court N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division, Docket Number CIV. 6298 (6/16/1959) Action by a number of Negro children for injunctive relief against operation of the Atlanta Public School System on a racially segregated basis, and for injunctive relief against refusal of board of education to permit minor plaintiffs to attend any city public school which they were otherwise qualified to attend solely because of their race and... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Calhoun V. Members of Bd. Of Ed., City of Atlanta, Ga. 188 F.Supp. 401, United States District Court N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division, Docket Number CIV. 6298 (6/16/1959) Action by a number of Negro children for injunctive relief against operation of the Atlanta Public School System on a racially segregated basis, and for injunctive relief against refusal of board of education to permit minor plaintiffs to attend any city public school which they were otherwise qualified to attend solely because of their race and... 1959 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Carter V. Mccarthy's Cafe, Inc. Not Reported in N.W.2d, District Court of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District, Hennepin Count, Docket Number 532616 (6/29/1959) Due to the long delay in this case the Court feels that a chronological history of the proceedings might tend to clarify some of the reasons for such delay. These proceedings arose out of a complaint of discrimination under the provisions of Chapter 516, Section Laws of 1955, which became effective as of July 1, 1955. On July 4, 1955, the Complaint... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Carter V. Mccarthy's Cafe, Inc. Not Reported in N.W.2d, District Court of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District, Hennepin Count, Docket Number 532616 (6/29/1959) Due to the long delay in this case the Court feels that a chronological history of the proceedings might tend to clarify some of the reasons for such delay. These proceedings arose out of a complaint of discrimination under the provisions of Chapter 516, Section Laws of 1955, which became effective as of July 1, 1955. On July 4, 1955, the Complaint... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Constitutional Law - Equal Protection of the Laws - Closing of All Municipal Pools by City to Avoid Integration Held No Violation of Equal-protection Clause 72 Harvard Law Review 1567 (6/1/1959) Constitutional Law Equal Protection of the Laws Closing of All Municipal Pools by City To Avoid Integration Held No Violation of Equal-Protection ClauseEEEEEE. Tonkins v. City of Greensboro (M.D.N.C. 1958). The defendant city operated two swimming pools, one exclusively for whites and the other exclusively for Negroes. After a group of... 1959 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Constitutional Law - Equal Protection of the Laws - Closing of All Municipal Pools by City to Avoid Integration Held No Violation of Equal-protection Clause 72 Harvard Law Review 1567 (6/1/1959) Constitutional Law Equal Protection of the Laws Closing of All Municipal Pools by City To Avoid Integration Held No Violation of Equal-Protection ClauseEEEEEE. Tonkins v. City of Greensboro (M.D.N.C. 1958). The defendant city operated two swimming pools, one exclusively for whites and the other exclusively for Negroes. After a group of... 1959 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources Yes  
  Covington V. Edwards 264 F.2d 780, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 7802 (3/19/1959) Suit to secure an injunction against Superintendent of Schools and County Board of Education, directing them to present a plan of desegregation of races in the schools and forbidding them to assign Negroes to particular schools because of their race. The United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Rockingham, Edwin M.... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Covington V. Edwards 264 F.2d 780, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 7802 (3/19/1959) Suit to secure an injunction against Superintendent of Schools and County Board of Education, directing them to present a plan of desegregation of races in the schools and forbidding them to assign Negroes to particular schools because of their race. The United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Rockingham, Edwin M.... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Dove V. Parham 176 F.Supp. 242, United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division, Docket Number CIV. 3680 (7/31/1959) Class action in equity by school children of the Negro race and their parents and others similarly situated against members of board of directors of school district, and the district to compel admission of children to white schools within district. The District Court, Beck, J., held that Arkansas Pupil Assignment Act of 1959 was constitutional on... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Dove V. Parham 176 F.Supp. 242, United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division, Docket Number CIV. 3680 (7/31/1959) Class action in equity by school children of the Negro race and their parents and others similarly situated against members of board of directors of school district, and the district to compel admission of children to white schools within district. The District Court, Beck, J., held that Arkansas Pupil Assignment Act of 1959 was constitutional on... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Evans V. Buchanan 172 F.Supp. 508, United States District Court, D. Delaware, Docket Number CIV. 1816-1822 (4/24/1959) Children's class action to compel their admission into public schools of state on racially nondiscriminatory basis. The District Court, Layton, J., held that state's plan for desegregation on grade-by-grade basis over 12 years beginning with fall of 1959 was generally in compliance with requirements for desegregation laid down by United States... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Evans V. Buchanan 173 F.Supp. 891, United States District Court D. Delaware, Docket Number CIV. 1816-1822 (6/15/1959) Children's class action to compel their admission into public schools of state on racially nondiscriminatory basis. The District Court, 172 F.Supp. 508, approved portions of plan for desegregation of schools on grade-by-grade basis over 12 years but disapproved other portions. In a supplemental opinion, the District Court, Layton, J., held that... 1959 Cases Yes  
  Evans V. Buchanan 172 F.Supp. 508, United States District Court, D. Delaware, Docket Number CIV. 1816-1822 (4/24/1959) Children's class action to compel their admission into public schools of state on racially nondiscriminatory basis. The District Court, Layton, J., held that state's plan for desegregation on grade-by-grade basis over 12 years beginning with fall of 1959 was generally in compliance with requirements for desegregation laid down by United States... 1959 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Evans V. Buchanan 173 F.Supp. 891, United States District Court D. Delaware, Docket Number CIV. 1816-1822 (6/15/1959) Children's class action to compel their admission into public schools of state on racially nondiscriminatory basis. The District Court, 172 F.Supp. 508, approved portions of plan for desegregation of schools on grade-by-grade basis over 12 years but disapproved other portions. In a supplemental opinion, the District Court, Layton, J., held that... 1959 Cases Yes  
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