BOHLER v. LANE

Civ. No. 3809.

204 F.Supp. 168 (1962)

Henry Cabot Lodge BOHLER, for himself and as next friend of George Allessandro Bohler, Pamela Marie Bohler and Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, Jr., minors, Clifford Marie Bohler, Cathryn Harris, for herself and as next friend of Reuben Harris, Ronald Harris, Reginald Harris and Kathleen Harris, minors, Ethelyn L. Williams, Levy C. Turner, for himself and as next friend of Linda Joyce Turner and Leroy Turner, minors, Herbert Bolen, for himself and as next friend of Ordrea R. Bolen and Ophelia D. Bolen, minors, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, residents of the City of Tampa, Florida, Plaintiffs, v. Julian LANE, as Mayor of the City of Tampa, Florida, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida; Bill Myers, Fletcher Stribling, Sam Mirabella, Lee Duncan, Lloyd Copeland, W. D. West, Richard Bacon, constituting the Councilmen of the City of Tampa, Florida, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florida; Mrs. Cordelia Hunt, Wesley H. Hamiter, Dr. Albert Rodriguez, Miss Marcella Hanley, Donald Shreve, Robert Benjamin Lane, constituting the Head of the Department of Recreation and members of the Board of Recreation of the City of Tampa; Frank Neff, Dr. W. M. Rowlett, Mrs. Peter O. Knight, Jr., E. M. Groff, Mrs. Eliot C. Fletcher, Mrs. William E. Davis, constituting the Superintendent of Parks, Chairman of the Park Board and members of the Park Board of the City of Tampa, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Florida, Tampa Division.

March 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco A. Rodriguez, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Paull E. Dixon, Robert H. Carlton, A. Broaddus Livingston, Tampa, Fla., for defendants.


LIEB, District Judge.

This is a class action filed by the named plaintiffs, seventeen (17) Negro citizens of the United States and residents of the City of Tampa, Florida, on behalf of themselves and other Negroes similarly situated, seeking a declaration of their right to use and enjoy, without regard to any discrimination based on race, the playgrounds, public parks and recreational facilities owned and operated by the defendant, City of Tampa, a municipal corporation...

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