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TONKINS v. CITY OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

Civ. No. C-61-G-58.

162 F.Supp. 549 (1958)

Deloris TONKINS, Ruby P. Taylor, John Sneed, Mable Jackson, James Webster, Adam Stewart, Hershey Crenshaw and Julia Holly, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, a municipal corporation, and James R. Townsend, City Manager of the City of Greensboro, North Carolina, Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. North Carolina, Greensboro Division.

May 23, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Baker Motley and Thurgood Marshall of New York City, C. O. Pearson of Durham, N. C.; J. Kenneth Lee and Major S. High of Greensboro, N. C., for plaintiffs.

H. J. Elam III, John F. Yeattes, Jr. and J. L. Warren of Greensboro, N. C., for defendants.

STANLEY, District Judge.

This is an action for a declaratory judgment and injunction brought by several Negro citizens and residents of the City of Greensboro, North Carolina, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, against the City of Greensboro and its City Manager, in which the Court is asked to issue a preliminary injunction, pending the final determination of the cause, and a permanent injunction upon...

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