HOLLEY v. CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA

Civ. A. No. 2261.

150 F.Supp. 6 (1957)

James W. HOLLEY, III, Linwood C. Bailey and James A. Gray, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, Fred A. Duke, Mayor of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, the City Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, I. G. Vass, City Manager of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, Harry Kelly, Caretaker of the City Park Golf Course of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, T. D. Smith, Superintendent of Parks and Cemeteries of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, W. J. Denny, Superintendent of the Department of Public Welfare of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and Their Agents and Successors in Office, Defendants.

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

April 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yolande H. Chambers, Victor J. Ashe, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs.

R. C. Barclay, Portsmouth, Va., for defendants.


HOFFMAN, District Judge.

On January 3, 1952, in the case of Green v. The City of Portsmouth, Civil Action No. 1271, this Court, speaking through District Judge Albert V. Bryan, entered an order restraining and enjoining the City of Portsmouth, its officers, agents, etc., from maintaining and operating golf facilities for the use of its citizens of any race without providing substantially equal facilities for persons of all races. Prior to the entry of the aforesaid...

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