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TURNER v. RANDOLPH

Civ. A. No. 3525.

195 F.Supp. 677 (1961)

Jesse H. TURNER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Wassel RANDOLPH et al., constituting the Board of Directors of the Memphis Public Library of the City of Memphis, Tennessee, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

July 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. T. Lockard, A. W. Willis, Jr., R. B. Sugarmon, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., Thurgood Marshall and Constance B. Motley, New York City, for plaintiff.

Edward P. Russell, of Canada, Russell & Turner, Larry B. Creson, of Laughlin, Watson & Creson, John S. Montedonico, and Walter Chandler, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants.

WILLIAM E. MILLER, Chief Judge.

This action was brought by plaintiff, a Negro resident of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, to desegregate the public libraries of that city and county. As shown by order entered on January 4, 1961, the Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Memphis on October 13, 1960, after the action was instituted, publicly announced that in the future all public library units and facilities in the City of Memphis and Shelby County under the...

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