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KANSAS CITY, MO. v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 14664, 14666.

205 F.2d 47 (1953)

KANSAS CITY, MO. et al. v. WILLIAMS et al. WILLIAMS et al. v. KANSAS CITY, MO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Denied October 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Proctor, City Counselor, and Benjamin M. Powers, Associate City Counselor, Kansas City, Mo. (John J. Cosgrove, Associate City Counselor, Kansas City Mo., on the brief), for Kansas City, Mo., et al.

Carl R. Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., and Robert L. Carter, New York City (Almer T. Adair, Kansas City, Mo., Thurgood Marshall, and David E. Pinsky, New York City, on the brief), for Esther Williams et al.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Denied October 12, 1953. See 74 S.Ct. 45.

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Three Negro residents of Kansas City, Missouri, brought suit, individually and representatively, against the City and its Board of Park Commissioners, for declaratory and injunctive relief, to eliminate the racial discrimination alleged to exist in the denial to them and the other Negroes of Kansas City of the right to enjoy the swimming pool in Swope Park as a recreation...

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