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WILLIAMS v. RESCUE FIRE COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 16658.

254 F.Supp. 556 (1966)

Joseph W. WILLIAMS, Olivia Jones, John W. Battiste, William Pittman, Jr., Russell Johnson and Cleamon Waddel Cephas, Jr., on Behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. RESCUE FIRE COMPANY, Inc., a Maryland Corporation and Mayor and City Commissioners of Cambridge, Maryland, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Maryland.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

May 12, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Braiterman and Elsbeth Levy Bothe, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Charles E. Edmondson, Cambridge, Md., Richard W. Case, Joseph M. Roulhac, Smith, Somerville & Case, Baltimore, Md., for defendant, Rescue Fire Co., Inc.

Charles Awdry Thompson, Cambridge, Md., for The Commissioners of Cambridge.

John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., David L. Norman, Peter S. Smith, Attys., Dept. of Justice, on brief, for United States as amicus curiae.

NORTHROP, District Judge.

This class action is brought by Negro citizens of Cambridge, Maryland, to enjoin the segregation of an arena and a swimming pool in that city. The plaintiffs were denied the use of the arena and swimming pool, refused to leave the admission area, were arrested for trespassing, and presently are free on bond, awaiting trial pending this decision. Relief is sought under the Fourteenth Amendment and the implementing legislation of the Civil...

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