Holmes v. City of Atlanta

Holmes v. Atlanta
Decided November 7, 1955
Full case nameHolmes, et al. v. City of Atlanta, et al.
Citations350 U.S. 879 (more)
76 S. Ct. 141; 100 L. Ed. 776; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 176
Case history
PriorHolmes 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 opinion
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]

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