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KERR v. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY

No. 5273.

149 F.2d 212 (1945)

KERR et al. v. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

April 17, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Houston, of Washington, D. C. (W. A. C. Hughes, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellants.

John Henry Lewin, of Baltimore, Md. (Harry N. Baetjer and Allen A. Davis, both of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit is brought by Louise Kerr, a young Negress, who complains that she has been refused admission to a library training class conducted by The Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City to prepare persons for staff positions in the Central Library and its branches. It is charged that the Library is performing a governmental function and that she was rejected in conformity with the uniform policy of the library corporation to exclude all...

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