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WRIGHT v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 62 C 1282.

223 F.Supp. 660 (1963)

Evelyn WRIGHT and Eva Wright, Plaintiffs, v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY, and John F. Healy, Ramona Hayes Healy, d/b/a Vanderbilt Better Tours, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

October 17, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCoy, Ming & Leighton, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

R. J. Schreiber, Chicago, Ill., for John and Ramona Healy.

C. W. Krohl, Eugene T. Devitt and T. G. Schuster, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co.

JOSEPH SAMUEL PERRY, District Judge.

This cause came on to be heard upon the Second Amended Complaint and Answer thereto. A jury was waived and the evidence and arguments of the parties were heard by the Court.

The plaintiffs were two well-educated Negroes, a mother and a daughter. They alleged that on May 2, 1960, they went to the offices of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (hereinafter called "Burlington") in Chicago to purchase an escorted...

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