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WILLIS v. PICKRICK RESTAURANT

Civ. A. No. 9028.

234 F.Supp. 179 (1964)

George WILLIS, Jr., Woodrow T. Lewis, and Albert L. Dunn, Plaintiffs, Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General, Intervenor v. The PICKRICK RESTAURANT, a Corporation, and Lester G. Maddox, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

September 4, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Alexander, Atlanta, Ga., Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, and Michael Meltsner, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., St. John Barrett, Justice Dept., Washington, D. C., for the Attorney General.

Sidney T. Schell and William G. McRae, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.

ORDER DISSOLVING THREE-JUDGE COURT IN CONTEMPT PROCEEDING

No statutory basis appearing for the convening of a three-judge district court to hear civil contempt proceedings ancillary to suits prosecuted under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 241, it is accordingly ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the three-judge district court convened for the purpose of hearing the motions to show cause why the defendants in the within matter should not be adjudged in civil contempt...

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