Legal Opinion
Henderson v. E Street Theatre Corp.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 4, 1948No. 680PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
Appellant Henderson attempted to purchase from appellee two tickets for a performance at the National Theatre and tendered the price fixed there'for. The sale was refused upon 'the ground that the appellant was a Negro and that it was against the theatre’s policy to admit Negroes. Thereupon this action was brought against the appellee under an act of Congress of March 1, 1875,1 commonly known as the Civil Rights Act, to recover a penalty of $500 prescribed by the Act for its violation.
The Civil Rights Act, in section 1, provided that “all persons within the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Hurd v. HodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. CorrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Barney v. Baltimore CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- El Paso & Northeastern Railway Co. v. GutierrezSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- GUARDIAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION v. RubinsteinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963
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