GILMORE v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY

No. 72-1517.

417 U.S. 556 (1974)

GILMORE ET AL. v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Levin, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Morris S. Dees, Jr.

Joseph D. Phelps argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Drayton N. Hamilton and Walter J. Knabe.


MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The present phase of this prolonged litigation concerns the propriety of a federal court's enjoining a municipality from permitting the use of public park recreational facilities by private segregated school groups and by other non-school groups that allegedly discriminate in their membership on the basis of race. We granted certiorari to consider this important issue. 414 U.S. 907 (1973).

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