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UNITED STATES v. CANTRELL

Civ. A. No. 69-102.

307 F.Supp. 259 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Mrs. Ernest J. CANTRELL d/b/a Cantrell's Bar, individually and as representative of a class of persons similarly situated, Defendants.

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

December 2, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Mitchell, Atty. Gen.,* Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen.,* Robert T. Moore, Washington, D. C., Pat Hardin, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Sidney W. Provensal, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants.

RUBIN, District Judge.

The Attorney General of the United States brought this suit under the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to enjoin Mrs. Ernest J. Cantrell, the owner of a bar in Myrtle Grove, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, from continuing to obey Parish ordinances requiring racial segregation and discrimination against servicemen in uniform, and to have those ordinances declared unconstitutional. Mrs. Cantrell was sued individually and as...

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