Legal Opinion
Vincent Leonard Smith v. The Young Men's Christian Association of Montgomery, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1972No. 71-1188PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
We review on appeal a finding by the district court (Chief Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr.) that the Young Men’s Christian Association of Montgomery, Inc. (YMCA) had engaged in a pattern and practice of racial discrimination by operating segregated branches and by excluding Negroes from certain activities. The lower court held that the YMCA had violated the rights of appellees (plaintiffs below) and the rights of the class they represent, members of the Negro race, under the Equal Protection Clause of Amendment XIY to the Constitution as well as their statutory rights under…
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