SLACK v. ATLANTIC WHITE TOWER SYSTEM, INC.

No. 8096.

284 F.2d 746 (1960)

Sara SLACK, Appellant, v. ATLANTIC WHITE TOWER SYSTEM, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Bailey and Joseph L. McLemore, New York City (Alexander A. Farrelly, Godfrey R. De Castro, New York City, and Charles P. Howard, Jr., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

J. Cookman Boyd, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (Walter S. Levin, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and HAYNSWORTH and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This case involves the same issue as Williams v. Howard Johnson's Restaurant, 4 Cir., 1959, 268 F.2d 845. Here, the plaintiff, a Negro newspaper reporter, was travelling by automobile from Washington, D. C., to New York City. While passing through Baltimore, she stopped at the defendant's restaurant located along U. S. Route 40 in that city. She was there refused service because of her race. As a result, she brought this...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases