WALKER v. SHAW

Civ. A. No. 2983.

209 F.Supp. 569 (1962)

Classie Rae WALKER, a minor, by Mrs. Lauretha Walker, her Mother and next friend, James Allen Carter, a Minor, by Mrs. Juanita Carter, his Mother and next friend, Mary Elizabeth Norris, a Minor, by Marshall Leamon, her Step-Father and next friend, Alfred Odell Leamon, a Minor by Mrs. Ozella Leamon, his Mother and next friend, Horace Nash, a Minor, by Mrs. Bethel Nash, his Mother and next friend, Wilbert Harrison Walker, a Minor, by Mrs. Annie Mae Walker, his Mother and next friend, Jimmie Norris Moore, a Minor, by Mrs. Mable Moore his Mother and next friend; for themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Gerald W. SHAW, The City Manager of the City of Greenville, The City of Greenville, a Municipal Corporation, Carl M. Hurst, Director of the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Greenville, Percy P. Oakes, as Chief of the Police Department, and L. M. Hammond, as Chief of the Detective Division of the Police Department of the City of Greenville, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. South Carolina, Greenville Division.

October 17, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald James Sampson, Greenville, S. C., Matthew Perry, Lincoln C. Jenkins, Jr., Columbia, S. C., Jack Greenberg, Michael Meltsner, New York City, for plaintiffs.

W. H. Arnold, Greenville, S. C., for defendants.


CHARLES CECIL WYCHE, Chief Judge.

The above case first came before me upon motion of the plaintiffs for a preliminary injunction, at the hearing of which it appeared that the City of Greenville operated a skating rink for the Whites and one for the Negroes, and that the plaintiffs, Negro citizens of Greenville, South Carolina, had been denied the use of the skating rink operated by the City of Greenville for White persons.

The answer of the defendants admits...

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