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BYNUM v. SCHIRO

Civ. A. No. 12439.

219 F.Supp. 204 (1963)

Horace C. BYNUM et al., Plaintiffs, v. Victor H. SCHIRO, Individually and as Mayor of the City of New Orleans, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

July 1, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest N. Morial, A. P. Tureaud, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, La., Robert L. Carter, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Alvin J. Liska, Ernest L. Salatich, New Orleans, La., Jack P. Gremillion, Baton Rouge, La., Wm. P. Schuler, Arabi, La., for defendants.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and AINSWORTH and ELLIS, District Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

In this class action the plaintiffs, New Orleans Negroes, ask the City of New Orleans for equal treatment of Negroes at the Municipal Auditorium. They complain on two counts. (1) As individuals for themselves and for all Negroes similarly situated, they complain that at all public functions held in the Auditorium, the City requires the audience to be segregated by race. (2) As officers of the New...

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