Georgia v. Lindsey

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION

EDENFIELD, District Judge.

Because of petitioners’ allegations that their arrests occurred while al. tempting peacefully to use the facilities at Lake Spivey, Clayton County, Georgia, a place of public accommodation within Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000a, this court held an extensive evidentiary hearing to determine if removal of the criminal *1376cases against them in state court was proper, under 28 U.S.C. § 1443(1) and the applicable case law cited in our earlier opinion, 306 F.Supp. 910.

The court heard testimony from the arresting officers on the…