Bijou-Pensacola Corporation v. United States

DE VANE, District Judge.

The issues raised by this case necessitate a detailed statement of the facts involved. Most of the controlling facts were stipulated by the parties. The only facts not stipulated were certain testimony of witnesses for plaintiff which is in no way denied by defendant.

Plaintiff is a Florida corporation which operates a motion picture theatre for Negro patrons in Pensacola Florida. Fifty per cent of the stock of plaintiff is owned by Crescent Amusement Company, which operates a circuit of motion picture theatres in the state of Tennessee. Twenty-five per cent of the…