DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
v.
JOHN R. THOMPSON CO., Inc.
Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 28, 1951.
Decided May 24, 1951.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, and Edward A. Beard, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.
Ringgold Hart, Washington, D. C., with whom John J. Wilson and Jo V. Morgan, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.
Phineas Indritz, Washington, D. C., for Greater Washington Area Council of American Veterans Committee, Inc., amicus curiæ.
Harry C. Lamberton, James A. Cobb and Joseph Forer, all of Washington, D. C., for District of Columbia Chapter, National Lawyers Guild, amici curiæ.
Sanford H. Bolz, Stanley B. Frosh, William C. Koplovitz and Phineas Indritz, all of Washington, D. C., for American Council on Human Rights et al, amici curiæ.
Foster Wood, Washington, D. C., for Washington Chapter, Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice, and The Washington Friends Joint Social Order Committee, amicus curiæ.
Leroy H. McKinney, Washington, D. C., for Washington Bar Ass'n, Inc., amicus curiæ.
David Rein, Washington, D. C., for Coordinating Committee for Enforcement of D. C. Anti-Discrimination Laws, amicus curiæ.
Margaret A. Haywood, Washington, D. C., on behalf of a group of twelve citizens of District of Columbia, amicus curiæ.
Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.
Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
The District of Columbia appeals from an order of the Municipal Court quashing an information which charged that defendant John R. Thompson Company, Inc., a restaurant operator, had in violation of law refused to serve prospective patrons because they were of the Negro race.
The information stated the charge in four separate counts and the matter was presented to the trial court on an agreed statement of facts from which it appears that...
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