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GRIFFIN v. COLLINS

Civ. No. 12308.

187 F.Supp. 149 (1960)

William L. GRIFFIN, Gwendolyn Greene, Ronyl Stewart, Dorothy Mann, Clyde R. McDowell, and Kay Freeman v. Francis J. COLLINS, individually and as Deputy Sheriff in and for Glen Echo Park, Montgomery County, Maryland, Luke J. Bennett, Jr., individually and as Sheriff in and for Montgomery County, Maryland, Rekab, Inc., a Maryland corporation, Kebar, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

August 25, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Duncan, Washington, D. C., Joseph H. Sharlitt, Chevy Chase, Md., and Juanita J. Mitchell, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

William G. Clark, Silver Spring, Md., Richard W. Case and Roger D. Redden, Baltimore, Md., for defendants Collins, Rekab, Inc., and Kebar, Inc.

C. Ferdinand Sybert, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, and Stedman Prescott, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen. of Maryland, for defendant Bennett.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This is a class action to prevent the arrest for trespass of Negroes who visit the Glen Echo Amusement Park in Montgomery County, Maryland, in opposition to the all-white policy of its owner and operator. Plaintiffs are Negroes, some of whom were arrested by the defendant Collins, and some of whom claim that they have been prevented from visiting the Park by threats of arrest. Defendants are Francis J. Collins, individually and as Deputy Sheriff...

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