DRAPER v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS

No. 7264(2).

92 F.Supp. 546 (1950)

DRAPER et al. v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS et al.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, E. D.

July 17, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry D. Espy, S. R. Redmond, Robert L. Witherspoon, all of St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs.

James E. Crowe, City Counselor, and John P. McCammon, Associate City Counselor, of St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.


HULEN, District Judge.

Can the City of St. Louis refuse use of open-air swimming pools, built, maintained and operated by public funds, to its Negro citizens, solely because of their color or race, is the question presented by this record. Plaintiffs are Negroes who were refused use of open-air swimming pools. Individual defendants are officers of the City of St. Louis having control of its recreational facilities including swimming pools. Plaintiffs bring this suit...

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