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TURNER v. CITY OF MEMPHIS

Civ. A. No. 3934.

199 F.Supp. 585 (1961)

Jesse TURNER, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, Dobbs Houses, Inc., and W. S. Haverfield, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

January 23, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. W. Willis, Jr., R. B. Sugarmon, Jr., B. L. Hooks, I. H. Murphy, H. T. Lockard, Memphis, Tenn., Constance Baker Motley, Thurgood Marshall, New York City, for plaintiff.

Frank B. Gianotti, Jr., James M. Manire, Albert C. Rickey, Memphis, Tenn., for defendant, City of Memphis.

Edward P. A. Smith, Montedonico, Boone, Gilliland, Heiskell & Loch, Memphis, Tenn., for the defendant, W. S. Haverfield and Dobbs Houses, Inc.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen. for State of Tennessee.

Before MARTIN, Circuit Judge, BOYD and MILLER, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is a suit by the plaintiff, who is a Negro residing in Memphis, Tennessee, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, asking injunctive relief against the defendants, City of Memphis, Dobbs Houses, Inc., and the Manager of the latter concern's restaurant in the Memphis Municipal Airport.

The plaintiff seeks under Title 42 U.S. C.A., Sections 1981 and 1983, to secure certain rights, privileges and immunities guaranteed by the Constitution...

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