Legal Opinion
Eaton v. Grubbs
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided April 9, 1963No. Civ. 932PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTLER, District Judge.
This is a class action for injunctive relief brought by three Negro physicians and certain of their Negro patients, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, to prohibit defendants from denying plaintiff-physicians courtesy staff privileges 1 at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina, solely on account of their race or color, and requiring defendants to admit plaintiff-patients to said hospital for treatment on a nonsegregated and nondiscriminatory basis.
Federal jurisdiction is invoked on the theory that the Board of Managers of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Frank Hampton v. City of Jacksonville, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Charles E. Williams v. Howard Johnson's Restaurant, Russell v. Keys and Mary BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Floyd T. Stanturf v. Donald SipesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Tyson v. CazesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1965
- Simkins v. Moses Cone Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963