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WELLS v. GILLIAM

Civ. A. No. 3179.

196 F.Supp. 792 (1961)

George WELLS et al. v. Honorable Herbert B. GILLIAM, etc.

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

June 1, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan, Dawley & Holt, Norfolk, Va., Henry H. Jones, Simon L. Cain, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Walter E. Rogers, Richmond, Va., Willis W. Bohannan, City Atty., Petersburg, Va., for defendants.

LEWIS, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, for themselves and all other members of the Negro race, via a suit for a declaratory judgment, seek a permanent injunction restraining the Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Petersburg, and all the servants, agents and co-workers from continuing racial segregation in the Municipal Court of the City of Petersburg.

Plaintiffs contend the practice is in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of...

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