UNITED STATES v. PURKEY

Civ. A. No. 7050.

347 F.Supp. 1286 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Ernestine PURKEY d/b/a The Corner.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

June 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Mitchell, Atty. Gen., Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald W. Jones, Richard W. Bourne, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John L. Bowers, Jr., U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

George E. Barrett, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

The United States filed this suit under Title II, the public accommodation section, 42 U.S.C. § 2000a, of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to end racial discrimination at The Corner, a neighborhood tavern owned and operated by the defendant, Ernestine Purkey.

The facts are stipulated; the defendant submitting to a permanent injunction, conceding jurisdiction and past discriminatory acts. The only remaining...

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