Anora Amusement Corp. v. "John Doe"

The plaintiff is the owner of a theatre in a section of Queens county wherein a large number of negroes reside. The defendants are all members of the Negro Youth Association of Corona. The purpose of that organization, as expressed in the affidavit of Walter E. Heifer, one of the defendants herein, is to secure employment for and better the terms, conditions and wages of such employment of its members. A great many of the plaintiff’s patrons are negroes. Following the rejection by the plaintiff of a demand by the defendants that negroes be hired for some of the positions in the theatre, the…