Legal Opinion

Hawkins v. North Carolina Dental Society

District Court, W.D. North Carolina

Decided June 19, 1964No. Civ. A. 1505PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WARLICK, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff, a Negro citizen, suing on behalf of himself and other Negro dentists similarly situated, seeks injunctive relief alleging that the defendants have discriminated against him because of his race in violation of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The relief sought in plaintiff’s prayer is an injunction forever restraining defendants from excluding plaintiff and all others similarly situated from full and equal participation in defendant societies’ membership because of race. In Section III of his…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Peterson v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
  4. Bell v. Georgia Dental AssociationDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1964
  5. Tennessee Negro Funeral Directors Ass'n v. Board of Funeral Directors & EmbalmersTennessee Supreme Court · 1960

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hawkins v. North Carolina Dental SocietyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
  2. United States v. HarveyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1966
  3. Hawkins v. North Carolina Dental SocietyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966

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