Legal Opinion
Turner v. Randolph
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided July 22, 1961No. Civ. A. 3525PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Chief Judge.
This action was brought by plaintiff, a Negro resident of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, to desegregate the public libraries of that city and county. As shown by order entered on January 4, 1961, the Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Memphis on October 13, 1960, after the action was instituted, publicly announced that in the future all public library units and facilities in the City of Memphis and Shelby County under the jurisdiction, management and control of the defendants, would be available to all qualified persons without discrimination on…
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