WOOD v. VAUGHAN

Civ. A. No. 535.

209 F.Supp. 106 (1962)

Virgil WOOD et al., Plaintiffs, v. William VAUGHAN, Mayor, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Virginia, Lynchburg Division.

September 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Len Holt, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs.

S. Bolling Hobbs, Lynchburg, Va., C. Shepherd Nowlin, City Atty., Lynchburg, Va., for defendants Vaughan, McKenna, Bell, Brooks, Judge Earl Wingo and J. Hundley.

Frederick T. Gray, Atty. Gen., Va., Richmond, Va., for defendants Judges Burks and Cundiff.


MICHIE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, Virgil Wood, O. C. Thaxton and T. N. Burton, alleging that they are "citizens of the United States and of the City of Lynchburg, Virginia, and environs and are members of the so-called Negro race or the so-called African race" filed this suit designated by them "an omnibus suit which seeks to end all racial segregation and all racial discrimination of all public facilities of the...

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