Legal Opinion
Norris v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 18, 1948No. Civil Action 3484PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this case, Leon A. Norris, a young negro resident of Baltimore City and citizen of the State of Maryland, made application on September 11, 1946, to the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, a Maryland corporation, for admission as a student for instruction in art and teacher training in art. The Institute declined his application on the ground that for fifty years past it had maintained a consistent policy and practice of admitting only white persons as students. Thereafter the plaintiff filed this suit alleging that he had been…
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