Commonwealth v. Beasy

CULLEN, Commissioner.

This appeal raises the question of the validity of an ordinance of the City of Louisville prohibiting discrimination in service, in places of public accommodation, on account of race, color, religious beliefs, ancestry or national origin.

William B. Beasy, Jr., doing business as Dub’s Fried Oyster Place, and James H. Whitson, doing business as The Comer Restaurant, were brought before the police court on warrants charging them with violating the ordinance in refusing to serve food to Negroes. The police court dismissed the charges on the ground that the ordinance violated…