Legal Opinion
United States v. Cantrell
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 2, 1969No. Civ. A. 69-102PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge.
The Attorney General of the United States brought this suit under the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to enjoin Mrs. Ernest J. Cantrell, the owner of a bar in Myrtle Grove, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, from continuing to obey Parish ordinances requiring racial segregation and discrimination against servicemen in uniform, and to have those ordinances declared unconstitutional. Mrs. Cantrell was sued individually and as representative of a class consisting of persons operating bars and cocktail lounges in Plaquemines Parish pursuant to beer and…
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