WILLIE v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

Civ. A. No. 11926.

202 F.Supp. 549 (1962)

Joseph R. WILLIE, Hugh H. Ford, Lee O. Mosely and D. Farris Barclay, Plaintiffs, v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, Bill Elliott, W. Kyle Chapman, V. V. Ramsey, Phillip E. Sayers and E. A. Lyons, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

January 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dent, King, Walker & Wickliff, Roberson L. King, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Butler, Binion, Rice & Cook, Jack Binion and Thomas P. Alexander, Houston, Tex., for defendants.


INGRAHAM, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Joseph R. Willie, Hugh H. Ford, Lee O. Mosely and D. Farris Barclay, Negro citizens and taxpayers, bring suit in their own behalf and for others similarly situated against the County Judge and Commissioners, constituting the Commissioners Court of Harris County, Texas, the administrative authority of the county, seeking the nonsegregated use of Sylvan Beach Park, a public recreational...

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