Legal Opinion
Charles E. Williams v. Howard Johnson's Restaurant, Russell v. Keys and Mary Barnes
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1959No. 7867PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
Charles E. Williams, an attorney in the Internal Revenue Service of the United States, brings this suit on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated against Howard Johnson’s Restaurant in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, complaining that he was wrongfully refused service by the restaurant on the morning of April 20,1958, because he is a Negro. He seeks a declaratory judgment that his exclusion on racial grounds amounted to discrimination against a person moving in interstate commerce and also interference with the free flow of commerce in violation of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Morgan v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Henderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Waters v. AutuoriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Charles E. Williams v. Howard Johnson's Inc. Of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Lillie Boman v. Birmingham Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Seidenberg v. McSorleys' Old Ale House, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
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