Lillian S. BLACKWELL et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Albertis S. HARRISON, Jr., et al., Defendants.
United States District Court E. D. Virginia, at Alexandria.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 17, 1963.
Decided June 27, 1963.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Noel Hemmendinger and Allison W. Brown, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Otto L. Tucker, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiffs.
Robert D. McIlwaine, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for defendants Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., and Robert Y. Button.
William J. Hassan, Commonwealth's Atty. for Arlington County, and Peter J. Kostik, Asst. Commonwealth's Atty. for Arlington County, for defendants William J. Hassan and Major William G. Fawver.
Thomas O. Lawson, Asst. Commonwealth's Atty., for Fairfax County, Fairfax, Va., for defendants Ralph G. Louk and Major William L. Durrer.
Robert T. Barton, Jr., and Alexander Wellford, Richmond, Va., for defendants Neighborhood Theatre Inc., Jefferson Corp. of Virginia and Lee Amusement Corp.
Before BRYAN, Circuit Judge, and LEWIS and BUTZNER, District Judges.
United States District Court E. D. Virginia, at Alexandria.
PER CURIAM.
Racial segregation is required by Virginia law in "any public hall, theatre, opera house, motion picture show or any place of public entertainment or public assemblage",* if both white and colored persons attend. To this end, the statute directs the proprietor to set apart and designate separate accommodations for white and colored patrons.
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