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COON v. TINGLE

Civ. A. No. 10531.

277 F.Supp. 304 (1967)

Mrs. Lilo COON, Mrs. Barbara Jo Johnson and Mrs. Jonabelle Conway, Plaintiffs, v. Mrs. Flora C. TINGLE, Honorable Lester Maddox, Governor, State of Georgia, Honorable Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, State of Georgia, Thomas J. Barkett, d/b/a Delta Liquor Store, and Leo R. Amiel, d/b/a Leo's Liquor Store, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

June 19, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John William Malone and Candler Crim, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

William Miller, Atlanta, Ga., for Tingle, Barkett and Amiel.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., William L. Harper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joel M. Feldman, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., for Governor Lester Maddox and Arthur K. Bolton.

Before GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge, and LEWIS R. MORGAN and FRANK A. HOOPER, District Judges.

HOOPER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this case seek to have a state statute declared unconstitutional and its enforcement enjoined. The statute provides:

"No female shall be allowed to work in any liquor store as hostess, bar maid or in any manner whatsoever." Georgia Code § 58-1062.

Plaintiff contends that this statute is unconstitutional because it deprives females of the equal opportunity of employment under the Fourteenth Amendment and...

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