Legal Opinion
Solomon v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 5, 1951PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOHEY, District Judge.
Wilhelmina Solomon sues the Pennsylvania R. R. and Atlantic Coast Line R. R. for damages sustained by being forced to give up her reserved seat and other accommodations in one car and to accept a seat and inferior accommodations in another car reserved for Negroes.
The evidence, which was largely uncontested, clearly established the following facts which are accordingly found.
On March 26, 1948, plaintiff, a Negro lady, purchased from defendant Pennsylvania a coach ticket for transportation from New York City to Lakeland, Florida, and return. The ticket entitled her, at…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Hall v. DeCuirSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- General American Tank Car Corp. v. El Dorado Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Mitchell Coal & Coke Co. v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Michael Arthur Donovan v. Earl Reinbold and Harley Askew, Michael Arthur Donovan v. Earl Reinbold and Harley AskewCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Wills v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1961
- Williams v. JoyceCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1971
- Richardson v. Communications Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Aumiller v. University of DelawareDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1977
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