SEAWELL v. MacWITHEY


2 N.J. Super. 255 (1949)

63 A.2d 542

CHARLES SEAWELL, ET ALS., PLAINTIFFS, v. JAMES L. MacWITHEY, ET ALS., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided January 10, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herbert H. Tate, attorney for plaintiffs (Mr. Jerome C. Eisenberg, of counsel).

Mr. Walter C. Ellis, attorney for and of counsel with the defendants City of East Orange, the mayor and members of the City Council of East Orange.

Mr. Walter Van Riper, Attorney-General, (Mr. Chester K. Ligham appearing), attorney for and of counsel with the defendants Charles R. Erdman, Jr., administrator of the Public Housing and Development Authority in the Department of Economic Development, and William T. Vanderlipp, Deputy Administrator.

Mr. Richard F. Green, attorney for The American Veterans Committee, Inc., appearing amicus curiae.


STEIN, J.S.C.

Before the court is the complaint brought on behalf of nine Negro veterans of World War II for injunctive and other relief. Plaintiffs are honorably discharged veterans and are and have been residents of East Orange, both at the time of their entry into and their discharge from service. Each of them is a citizen of the United States, married, and each has at least one child. Plaintiffs are regularly employed...

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