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MEMPHIS v. GREENE

No. 79-1176.

451 U.S. 100 (1981)

CITY OF MEMPHIS ET AL. v. GREENE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford D. Pierce, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Charles V. Holmes.

Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr., argued the cause for respondents and filed a brief for respondent Greene. A. C. Wharton, Jr., William L. Robinson, Beatrice Rosenberg, Richard S. Kohn, and Norman J. Chachkin filed a brief for respondents Owens et al.*

Doris Peterson filed a brief for the Affirmative Action Coordinating Center et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether a decision by the city of Memphis to close the north end of West Drive, a street that traverses a white residential community, violated § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Rev. Stat. § 1978, 42 U. S. C. § 1982, or the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.1 The city's action was...

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