Legal Opinion
Wood v. Vaughan
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 14, 1962No. Civ. A. 535PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHIE, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, Virgil Wood, O. C. Thaxton and T. N. Burton, alleging that they are “citizens of the United States and of the City of Lynchburg, Virginia, and environs and are members of the so-called Negro race or the so-called African race” filed this suit designated by them “an omnibus suit which seeks to end all racial segregation and all racial discrimination of all public facilities of the City of Lynchburg, Virginia” against William Vaughan, Mayor of Lynchburg, F. K. McKenna, Department of Parks, G. M. Bell, City Treasurer, R. O. Brooks, Chief of Police, J.…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Hazel Palmer v. Allen C. Thompson, Mayor, City of JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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