Holmes v. City of Atlanta

Holmes v. Atlanta

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 7, 1955

Full case name

Holmes, et al. v. City of Atlanta, et al.

Citations

76 S. Ct. 141; 100 L. Ed. 776; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 176

Prior history

Holmes et al. v. City of Atlanta, 223 F.2d 93 (5th Cir. 1955).

Holding

Held that the practice of the City of Atlanta of operating a golf course that was open to different races on different days was improper.

Court membership

Chief Justice Earl Warren

Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Harold H. Burton · Tom C. Clark Sherman Minton · John M. Harlan II

Case opinions

Per curiam.

Holmes v. Atlanta, 350 U.S. 879 (1955), was a per curiam order by the Supreme Court of the United States that summarily reversed an order by the Georgia Court of Appeals that permitted the city of Atlanta to allocate a municipal golf course to different races on different days. The case was remanded to the district court with directions to enter a decree in conformity with Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City v. Dawson.^[1]

References

↑ Varat, J.D. et al. Constitutional Law Cases and Materials, Concise Thirteenth Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2009, p. 526

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