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CLARK v. FLORY

Civ. A. No. 5082.

141 F.Supp. 248 (1956)

Mrs. Etta CLARK et al., Plaintiffs, v. C. H. FLORY, State Forester, C. West Jacocks, State Park Director, and Donald B. Cooler, Superintendent, Edisto Beach State Park, Edisto Island, South Carolina, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

April 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Wrighten, Charleston, S. C., W. Newton Pough, Orangeburg, S. C., for plaintiffs.

T. C. Callison, Atty. Gen., State of South Carolina, James S. Verner, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of South Carolina, for defendants.

WILLIAMS, District Judge.

The summons and complaint in this action were served on the defendants on or about July 23, 1955. The complaint asked for declaratory judgment setting forth the rights of the plaintiffs, who are Negroes, to use Edisto Beach State Park which is located in Charleston County, South Carolina. It is claimed that the plaintiffs were denied the use of the park's facilities solely on account of race and color, under the customs, policies, usages...

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