NASH v. AIR TERMINAL SERVICES

Civ. A. No. 351.

85 F.Supp. 545 (1949)

NASH v. AIR TERMINAL SERVICES, Inc., et al.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

August 31, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Thompson, Washington, D. C., James A. Washington, Jr., Washington, D. C. and Edwin Brown, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiff.

Frederick J. Ball, Washington, D. C. and Thomas R. Dyson, Alexandria, Va., for defendant Air Terminal Services, Inc.

Gambrell, Harlan & Barwick, Atlanta, Ga. and Howard W. Smith, Jr., Alexandria, Va., for defendant Eastern Air Lines, Inc.


BRYAN, District Judge.

The plaintiff, a Negro citizen of the United States residing in the District of Columbia, here seeks to recover damages because she was refused service in the dining room and coffee shop at the Washington National Airport. She charges that the refusal was due solely to her race or color and avers a denial of her civil and constitutional rights. The defendants are Air Terminal Services, Inc., operator, as concessionaire of the United States Government...

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