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LANE v. WILSON

No. 460.

307 U.S. 268 (1939)

59 S.Ct. 872

83 L.Ed. 1281

LANE v. WILSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Charles A. Chandler and James M. Nabrit, Jr. for petitioner.

Messrs. Charles G. Watts and Joseph C. Stone, with whom Mr. Charles A. Moon was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The case is here on certiorari to review the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirming that of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, entered upon a directed verdict in favor of the defendants. The action was one for $5,000 damages brought under § 1979 of the Revised Statutes (8 U.S.C. § 43), by a colored citizen claiming discriminatory...

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