- Collection:
- Civil Case Files, 1938-1995, Records of the District Courts of the United States
- Title:
- Opinion from George Willis, Jr., et al. vs. the Pickrick Restaurant and Lester Maddox
- Creator:
- United States. District Court (Georgia : Northern District : Atlanta Division)
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Subject:
- Restaurants--Georgia--Atlanta
Discrimination in restaurants--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Pickrick (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003--Trials, litigation, etc.
Briggs, Fred, 1932- --Trials, litigation, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- civil court records
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- This opinion relates to a suit filed by George Willis, Jr., Woodrow T. Lewis, and Albert L. Dunn v. the Pickrick Restaurant, a corporation, and Lester G. Maddox. The suit sought an injunction restraining the defendants from violating the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by refusing to admit and serve African-Americans on the same basis as non African-Americans. The case was heard before United States Circuit Judge Elbert P. Tuttle, and United States District Judges Frank A. Hooper and Lewis R. Morgan, with a resulting injunction issued against the defendants.
- Metadata URL:
- http://catalog.archives.gov/id/279275
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Civil Case Files ; George Willis, Jr. vs the Pickrick Restaurant, Civil 9028, Series: Civil Case Files, 8/1955 - 4/1/1968, Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch
- Rights:
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