Simkins v. City of Greensboro

Simkins v. City of Greensboro
Simkins v. City of Greensboro
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Full case name	City of Greensboro and the Gillespie Park Golf Club, Incorporated v. George Simkins, Jr., Phillip W. Cook, Leonidas Wolf, Samuel Murray, Arthur Lee, Jr., Lonnie Reynolds, William Holmes, Elijah Herring, Joseph Studivent and James G. Hagins
Argued	June 14, 1957
Decided	June 28, 1957
Citation(s)	246 F.2d 425
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	John J. Parker, Simon Sobeloff, Clement Haynsworth
Case opinions
	Per curiam

Simkins v. City of Greensboro, 246 F.2d 425 (4th Cir. 1957),^[1] was a 1957 case which required the City of Greensboro, North Carolina to stop discriminating on the basis of race^[2] at its Gillespie Park Golf Club, even though it was leasing the club to a private organization. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision.

^ Simkins v. City of Greensboro, 246 F.2d 425 (4th Cir. 1957).
^ Richardson, Christopher M.; Luker, Ralph E. (June 11, 2014). Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 412–. ISBN 9780810880375. Retrieved July 6, 2014.

[Simkins-1] Simkins v. City of Greensboro, 246 F.2d 425 (4th Cir. 1957).

[RichardsonLuker2014-2] Richardson, Christopher M.; Luker, Ralph E. (June 11, 2014). Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 412–. ISBN 9780810880375. Retrieved July 6, 2014.

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