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UNITED STATES v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

No. 19794.

318 F.2d 1 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Appellants, v. The CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, Allen Thompson, Douglas L. Lucky and Thomas B. Marshall, Commissioners of the City of Jackson, and W.D. Rayfield, Chief of Police of the City of Jackson, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 13, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Hauberg, U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Bernard A. Gould, Atty., I. C.C., St. John Barrett, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Burke Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold H. Greene, Gerald P. Choppin, Howard A. Glickstein, Attorneys, Department of Justice, for appellants.

Thomas H. Watkins, E.W. Stennett, Elizabeth W. Grayson, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and BOOTLE and AINSWORTH, District Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

Since 1956 the City of Jackson, Mississippi, has maintained sidewalk signs adjacent to the Greyhound, Trailways, and Illinois Central terminals.1 These signs read, "Waiting Room for White Only — By Order Police Department" and "Waiting Room for Colored Only — By Order Police Department." The Jackson police placed the signs in front of the same waiting rooms which were formerly restricted to "white"...

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