Marshall v. Kansas City

STORCKMAN, Judge.

This case involves the constitutionality of an ordinance of the city of Kansas City, *879Missouri, purporting to render it unlawful for restaurants, hotels and motels to refuse to serve or accommodate any person for any reason directly or indirectly relating to the race or color of such person. The plaintiffs, all engaged in the restaurant business, filed this action against the city of Kansas City seeking a declaration of the rights of the parties under the ordinance. The trial court sustained plaintiffs’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, held the ordinance unconstitutional,…