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Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Dawson

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Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City v. Dawson
Decided November 7, 1955
Full case nameMayor and City Council of Baltimore City v. Robert M. Dawson, Jr., et al.
Citations350 U.S. 877 (more)
76 S. Ct. 133; 100 L. Ed. 774; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 168
Case history
PriorLonesome v. Maxwell, 123 F. Supp. 193 (D. Md. 1954); reversed sub. nom., Dawson v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 220 F.2d 386 (4th Cir. 1955)
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 opinion
Per curiam

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City v. Dawson, 350 U.S. 877 (1955), was a per curiam order by the Supreme Court of the United States affirming an order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that enjoined racial segregation in public beaches and bathhouses.[1][2] The case arose from a challenge to segregation at Sandy Point State Park in Maryland.

References

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  1. ^ Dawson v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 220 F.2d 386 (4th Cir. 1955).
  2. ^ Varat, J.D. et al. Constitutional Law Cases and Materials, Concise Thirteenth Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2009, p. 526