Legal Opinion
City of Montgomery, Alabama v. Georgia Theresa Gilmore
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1960No. 18107_1PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Chief Judge.
On December 22, 1958, eight Negro citizens of the United States and residents of Montgomery, Alabama, filed this class action on behalf of themselves and other Negroes similarly situated against the City of Montgomery, the Board of Commissioners of said City, its Parks and Recreation Board, and the Superintendent of the Parks and Recreation Program. Their complaint alleged that the defendants own, operate, and maintain Oak Park and eleven or more other public parks in the City “designated for use by white persons only”; that, on June 4, 1957, the Board of Commissioners…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by48 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Gilmore v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Vincent Leonard Smith v. The Young Men's Christian Association of Montgomery, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Hall v. St. Helena Parish School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1961
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