EVERS v. DWYER

No. 382.

358 U.S. 202 (1958)

EVERS ET AL. v. DWYER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Carter for appellants.

Walter Chandler, Allison B. Humphreys, Edward P. Russell and Charles M. Crump for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, a Negro resident of Memphis, Tennessee, brought this class action in the Western Division of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, seeking a declaration as to his claimed constitutional right, and that of others similarly situated, to travel on buses within that City without being subjected, as required by Tenn. Code Ann., 1955, §§ 65-1704 through 65-1709, to segregated seating arrangements on account...

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