Legal Opinion
Evers v. Dwyer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 15, 1958No. 382PublishedCited by 185 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant, a Negro resident of Memphis, Tennessee, brought this class action in the Western Division of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, seeking a declaration as to his claimed constitutional right, and that of others similarly situated, to travel on buses within that City without being subjected, as required by Tenn. Code Ann., 1955, §§ 65-1704 through 65-1709, to segregated seating arrangements on account of race. An injunction against enforcement of this stat ute or any other method of state-enforced segregation on Memphis transportation facilities…
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