AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Williams V. Deer's Head Inn, Inc. 4 Misc.2d 281, Supreme Court, Essex County, New York, Trial Term (12/13/1956) Action to recover damages because of alleged discrimination based on claim of plaintiff, a colored person, that defendant refused to serve him in its dining room. The Supreme Court,... 1956 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Williams V. Deer's Head Inn, Inc. 4 Misc.2d 281, Supreme Court, Essex County, New York, Trial Term (12/13/1956) Action to recover damages because of alleged discrimination based on claim of plaintiff, a colored person, that defendant refused to serve him in its dining room. The Supreme Court,... 1956 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Adams V. Lucy 228 F.2d 619, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 15839 (12/30/1955) Action against dean of admissions of state university for declaratory judgment and injunction, brought by applicants who were allegedly refused admittance to university on account of race and color, for themselves and all others Negroes similarly situated. The United States District Court for Northern District of Alabama, Harlan Hobart Grooms, J.,... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Adams V. Lucy 228 F.2d 619, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 15839 (12/30/1955) Action against dean of admissions of state university for declaratory judgment and injunction, brought by applicants who were allegedly refused admittance to university on account of race and color, for themselves and all others Negroes similarly situated. The United States District Court for Northern District of Alabama, Harlan Hobart Grooms, J.,... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Bell V. Rippy 133 F.Supp. 811, United States District Court N.D. Texas, Dallas Division, Docket Number CIV. 6165 (9/16/1955) Suit to enjoin school officers from refusing to permit Negro plaintiffs to matriculate in certain schools. The District Court, Atwell, J., held that where similar and convenient free schools were furnished to both white and colored persons, there was no reasonable ground for requiring desegregation. Case dismissed without prejudice. 1955 Cases Yes  
  Bell V. Rippy 133 F.Supp. 811, United States District Court N.D. Texas, Dallas Division, Docket Number CIV. 6165 (9/16/1955) Suit to enjoin school officers from refusing to permit Negro plaintiffs to matriculate in certain schools. The District Court, Atwell, J., held that where similar and convenient free schools were furnished to both white and colored persons, there was no reasonable ground for requiring desegregation. Case dismissed without prejudice. 1955 Cases Yes  
  Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agr. And Mechanical College V. Tureaud 226 F.2d 714, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 15540 (10/26/1955) Action to enjoin board of supervisors of state university from refusing to admit plaintiff and other Negroes to university. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted injunction pendente lite, and defendants appealed. The Court of Appeals, 225 F.2d 434, affirmed the judgment. On rehearing, the same court held... 1955 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agr. And Mechanical College V. Tureaud 226 F.2d 714, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 15540 (10/26/1955) Action to enjoin board of supervisors of state university from refusing to admit plaintiff and other Negroes to university. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted injunction pendente lite, and defendants appealed. The Court of Appeals, 225 F.2d 434, affirmed the judgment. On rehearing, the same court held... 1955 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Board of Sup'rs of Louisiana State University and Agr. And Mechanical College V. Tureaud 225 F.2d 434, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 15540 (8/23/1955) Action to enjoin the Board of Supervisors of a state University from refusing to admit plaintiff and other Negroes to the University. From a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, granting an injunction pendente lite, defendants appealed. The Court of Appeals, Rives, Circuit Judge, held that the Supreme Court having... 1955 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Board of Sup'rs of Louisiana State University and Agr. And Mechanical College V. Tureaud 225 F.2d 434, United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 15540 (8/23/1955) Action to enjoin the Board of Supervisors of a state University from refusing to admit plaintiff and other Negroes to the University. From a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, granting an injunction pendente lite, defendants appealed. The Court of Appeals, Rives, Circuit Judge, held that the Supreme Court having... 1955 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Borrough V. Jenkins 137 F.Supp. 260, United States District Court E.D. Oklahoma, Docket Number CIV. 4006 (12/15/1955) Action by colored school children against Superintendent of Schools and others, to require their admission to school, which was formerly a white school, without payment of tuition even though they had previously applied for transfer and had been transferred to colored school outside the district. Defendants moved to dismiss. The District Court,... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Borrough V. Jenkins 137 F.Supp. 260, United States District Court E.D. Oklahoma, Docket Number CIV. 4006 (12/15/1955) Action by colored school children against Superintendent of Schools and others, to require their admission to school, which was formerly a white school, without payment of tuition even though they had previously applied for transfer and had been transferred to colored school outside the district. Defendants moved to dismiss. The District Court,... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Brief for Petitioner, Michel V. Louisiana Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 32 (8/24/1955) May It Please the Court: May It Please the Court: John Michel, petitioner herein, a colored male, was indicted by the Grand Jury for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and convicted... 1955 Briefs Yes  
  Brief for Petitioner, Michel V. Louisiana Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 32 (8/24/1955) May It Please the Court: May It Please the Court: John Michel, petitioner herein, a colored male, was indicted by the Grand Jury for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and convicted... 1955 Briefs Yes  
  Brown V. Board of Educ. Of Topeka, Kan. 349 U.S. 294, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (5/31/1955) Class actions by which minor plaintiffs sought to obtain admission to public schools on a nonsegregated basis. On direct appeals by plaintiffs from adverse decisions in United States District Courts, District of Kansas, 98 F.Supp. 797, Eastern District of South Carolina, 103 F.Supp. 920, and Eastern District of Virginia, 103 F.Supp. 337, on... 1955 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Brown V. Board of Educ. Of Topeka, Kan. 349 U.S. 294, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (5/31/1955) Class actions by which minor plaintiffs sought to obtain admission to public schools on a nonsegregated basis. On direct appeals by plaintiffs from adverse decisions in United States District Courts, District of Kansas, 98 F.Supp. 797, Eastern District of South Carolina, 103 F.Supp. 920, and Eastern District of Virginia, 103 F.Supp. 337, on... 1955 Cases Yes This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Carson V. Board of Educ. Of Mcdowell County 227 F.2d 789, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 7096 (12/1/1955) Action by Negro children against county board of education to require provision for them of educational facilities equal to those provided for white children and to obtain injunctive relief against discrimination and judgment declaring children's rights. The United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville,... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Carson V. Board of Educ. Of Mcdowell County 227 F.2d 789, United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 7096 (12/1/1955) Action by Negro children against county board of education to require provision for them of educational facilities equal to those provided for white children and to obtain injunctive relief against discrimination and judgment declaring children's rights. The United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville,... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Castle Hill Beach Club V. Arbury 208 Misc. 35, Supreme Court, Bronx County, New York, Special Term, Part I (6/24/1955) Proceeding in the matter of the application to annul an order of the State Commission Against Discrimination and by the Commission seeking to enforce an order. The Supreme Court, Special Term, Martin M. Frank, J., held that the evidence sustained the charge of discrimination against an applicant because of color, that the petitioner was a place of... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Castle Hill Beach Club V. Arbury 208 Misc. 35, Supreme Court, Bronx County, New York, Special Term, Part I (6/24/1955) Proceeding in the matter of the application to annul an order of the State Commission Against Discrimination and by the Commission seeking to enforce an order. The Supreme Court, Special Term, Martin M. Frank, J., held that the evidence sustained the charge of discrimination against an applicant because of color, that the petitioner was a place of... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Castle Hill Beach Club V. Arbury 208 Misc. 35, Supreme Court, Bronx County, New York, Special Term, Part I (6/24/1955) Proceeding in the matter of the application to annul an order of the State Commission Against Discrimination and by the Commission seeking to enforce an order. The Supreme Court, Special... 1955 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Castle Hill Beach Club V. Arbury 208 Misc. 35, Supreme Court, Bronx County, New York, Special Term, Part I (6/24/1955) Proceeding in the matter of the application to annul an order of the State Commission Against Discrimination and by the Commission seeking to enforce an order. The Supreme Court, Special... 1955 Trial Court Orders Yes  
  Conley V. Gibson 138 F.Supp. 60, United States District Court S.D. Texas, Houston Division, Docket Number CIV. 8443 (3/16/1955) Action by members of a local railroad union to enjoin certain allegedly discriminatory practices of their parent union, and for damages. The District Court, Kennerly, J., held that where members of local union raised no question of the lawfulness of the selection of their parent union as a bargaining agent nor any question as to the validity of the... 1955 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Conley V. Gibson 138 F.Supp. 60, United States District Court S.D. Texas, Houston Division, Docket Number CIV. 8443 (3/16/1955) Action by members of a local railroad union to enjoin certain allegedly discriminatory practices of their parent union, and for damages. The District Court, Kennerly, J., held that where members of local union raised no question of the lawfulness of the selection of their parent union as a bargaining agent nor any question as to the validity of the... 1955 Cases Yes This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Dawson V. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City 220 F.2d 386, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 6903, 6904 (3/14/1955) Actions by Negro citizens for declaratory judgments and injunctive relief. The United States District Court for the District of Maryland, R. C. Thomsen, J., 123 F.Supp. 193, dismissed actions and plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals held that enforcement of racial segregation in enjoyment of public beaches and bathhouses maintained by public... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Dawson V. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City 220 F.2d 386, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 6903, 6904 (3/14/1955) Actions by Negro citizens for declaratory judgments and injunctive relief. The United States District Court for the District of Maryland, R. C. Thomsen, J., 123 F.Supp. 193, dismissed actions and plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals held that enforcement of racial segregation in enjoyment of public beaches and bathhouses maintained by public... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Detroit Housing Commission V. Lewis 226 F.2d 180, United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 12305 (10/5/1955) Class action against city housing commission and others to have certain segregation practices declared to be violative of federal Constitution and laws and enjoined. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, Arthur F. Lederle, C.J., entered judgment issuing permanent injunction, and defendants... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Detroit Housing Commission V. Lewis 226 F.2d 180, United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 12305 (10/5/1955) Class action against city housing commission and others to have certain segregation practices declared to be violative of federal Constitution and laws and enjoined. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, Arthur F. Lederle, C.J., entered judgment issuing permanent injunction, and defendants... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Dillard V. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. 136 F.Supp. 689, United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Docket Number 1513 (12/3/1955) Action under Railway Labor Act by Negro laborers employed by railroad against their employer and certain labor organizations. The District Court, Boreman, J., sitting by special designation, held that record presented in connection with defendants' motion for summary judgment raised genuine issues of material fact, with regard to alleged... 1955 Cases Yes  
  Dillard V. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. 136 F.Supp. 689, United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Docket Number 1513 (12/3/1955) Action under Railway Labor Act by Negro laborers employed by railroad against their employer and certain labor organizations. The District Court, Boreman, J., sitting by special designation, held that record presented in connection with defendants' motion for summary judgment raised genuine issues of material fact, with regard to alleged... 1955 Cases Yes  
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