Amanda B. PEDERSEN et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Joseph M. BURTON, Clerk, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Defendant.
United States District Court, District of Columbia, Civil Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 13, 1975.
August 13, 1975.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gerald P. Norton, Amanda B. Pedersen, Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, David A. Clarke, Donald R. Allen, Duncan, Allen & Mitchell, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs and intervenor-plaintiffs; Ralph J. Temple, American Civil Liberties Union Fund, Washington, D. C., of counsel.
Thomas Nedrich, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for defendant.
ROBB, Circuit Judge, and BRYANT and PRATT, District Judges.
United States District Court, District of Columbia, Civil Division.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PER CURIAM.
This case is a class action1 brought by and on behalf of persons who have been and are being denied marriage licenses in the District of Columbia solely for refusing to disclose their "color" on their marriage license applications. Beginning on September 16, 1971, this court issued a series of temporary restraining orders,2 ordering the defendant to process the marriage...
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