Legal Opinion
Williams v. Rescue Fire Company
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 12, 1966No. Civ. A. 16658PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHROP, District Judge.
This class action is brought by Negro citizens of Cambridge, Maryland, to enjoin the segregation of an arena and a swimming pool in that city. The plaintiffs were denied the use of the arena and swimming pool, refused to leave the admission area, were arrested for trespassing, and presently are free on bond, awaiting trial pending this decision. Relief is sought under the Fourteenth Amendment and the implementing legislation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Plaintiffs place their main reliance upon Subchapter II of the 1964 Act, 42 U. S.C. § 2000a. 1 The 1964 Act…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Williams v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Frank Hampton v. City of Jacksonville, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Eaton v. GrubbsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Schwartz v. Borough of StocktonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Adams v. BainCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Adams v. BainCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Dept. v. State Ex Rel. State Human Rights CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- Robert Janusaitis v. Middlebury Volunteer Fire DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Vincent Leonard Smith v. The Young Men's Christian Association of Montgomery, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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