THOMAS v. CITY OF DANVILLE


152 S.E.2d 265 (1967)

207 Va. 656

Doyle J. THOMAS, L. W. Chase, Bertha Bruce, Lawrence George Campbell, Alexander Isiah Dunlap, Julious Emanuel Adams and Arthur Pinchback, Jr. v. CITY OF DANVILLE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. W. Tucker, Richmond (Ruth L. Harvey, J. L. Williams, Danville, Henry L. Marsh, III, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

James A. H. Ferguson, City Atty., John W. Carter, Danville, for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

This case arises out of racial demonstrations which occurred in the City of Danville in the early summer of 1963. On July 6 the judge of the Corporation Court of that city, in an ex parte proceeding on a motion by the City Manager, entered an order restraining Lawrence George Campbell, Alexander Isiah Dunlap, Julious Emanuel Adams and Arthur Pinchback, Jr., and their servants, agents, employees, attorneys, "and all other persons acting in...

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