Legal Opinion
Amos v. Prom, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided January 11, 1954No. Civ. 571PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAVEN, District Judge.
The plaintiff is a citizen and a resident of the State of Iowa. The defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. It is engaged in the operation of a public ballroom, or dance hall, in the City of Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, known as the Surf. The plaintiff brought this action in this Court. Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. The plaintiff is a Negro. In her complaint she alleged that on December 8, 1951, the defendant, because of her color, refused to admit her to its dance hall and that such refusal…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Deputy, Administratrix v. Du PontSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Old Colony Railroad v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. GillilandSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Morgan v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Iron Workers Local No. 67 v. HartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
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- Drews v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
- Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Iowa Civil Rights Commission v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1973
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