Legal Opinion

Yvonne Gwendolyn Cason, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Jacksonville

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 26, 1974No. 73-3102PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The District Court entered a preliminary injunction prohibiting the City of Jacksonville from permitting the National State’s Rights Party (NSRP) — a lily-white group — from using the Little Theatre of the City’s Civic Auditorium for its annual convention “so long as [the] Party’s membership policies discriminate on the basis of race or color.” The City and NSRP each appeal. The case, simple enough to state, presents awesome problems as First and Fourteenth Amendment rights collide. We vacate and remand to the District Court with directions to (i) dismiss the City…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. City of Kenosha v. BrunoSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Terry v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. Nixon v. CondonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Gentile v. WallenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  2. Gentile v. WallenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  3. Croy v. SkinnerDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1976
  4. Harold S. Golden and David Fincher v. Biscayne Bay Yacht ClubCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  5. Norwood v. HarrisonDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1976

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