COBB v. MONTGOMERY LIBRARY BOARD

Civ. A. No. 1807-N.

207 F.Supp. 880 (1962)

Robert L. COBB, a Minor, By and Through His Next Friend, George Cobb, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. MONTGOMERY LIBRARY BOARD, Hon. Earl D. James, Hon. L. B. Sullivan, Hon. Frank W. Parks, Individually and as Members Ex-Officio, Montgomery Library Board, and Montgomery Museum Board, W. E. Goodwin, Individually and as Chairman of the Montgomery Library Board, and Ferris J. Martin, Jr., Individually and as Library-Director of the Montgomery Public Library, Montgomery Museum Board, and Donald A. Winer, Individually and as Director of the Montgomery Museum Board, and the successors in each such office of the Montgomery Library Board and of the Montgomery Museum Board, Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Alabama, N. D.

August 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Conley, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff.

Whitesell & DeMent, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants.


JOHNSON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, as authorized by Rule 23(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., brings this action for the benefit of himself and other members of his class that are similarly situated. The plaintiff seeks to have this Court declare that any statute, ordinance, custom or usage which provides for or enforces segregation of members of the Negro race in the public library system and the public museum of the City of Montgomery...

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