Legal Opinion
Beal v. Holcombe, Mayor of City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1952No. 13562PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH C. HUTCHESON, Jr., Chief Judge.
Claiming deprivation of their civil rights in violation of Sec. 1343(3), Title 28 U.S. C.A., plaintiffs, five negroes, citizens of Texas and resident taxpayers of Houston, brought this suit under Title 28, Secs. 1331 and 2201, for a declaratory judgment as to, and an injunction for the protection of, these rights.
As specifically put in the amended petition, on which the case went to trial, their claim was that, desiring and intending, if allowed so to do, to play golf on one of the municipal golf courses maintained by the City of Houston, they purchased…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Phillips v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. CanadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Sweatt v. PainterSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte BransfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Graves v. BarnesDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1972
- Alfred Avery, Jr., a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, (Mrs.) Alfred Avery v. Wichita Falls Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Williams v. Kansas City, Mo.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1952
- Harold S. Golden and David Fincher v. Biscayne Bay Yacht ClubCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Holmes v. City of AtlantaDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1954
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