Fox v. North Carolina Memorandum

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( to r t  nf tljr Imtrfc Stairs
October Term, 1963 

No. 5

J am es A . Fox a n d  A lbert  R . S a m pso n ,

Petitioners,
-v.—

S tate op N o rth  C arolina .

M E M O R A N D U M

J ack  G reenberg  
J am es M. N abrit , III 

10 Columbus Circle 
New York 19, New York

S a m u el  S. M it c h e l l  
G eorge R. G r e e n e

507 East Martin Street 
Raleigh, North Carolina

F. J. C arnage 
G eorge E. B row n

115% East Hargett Street 
Raleigh, North Carolina

Attorneys for Petitioners

W i l l ia m  T . C o lem a n , J r . 
L ouis H. P ollak  

Of Counsel



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§>tqirpmp (ftmirt nf %  Iknttb States
October Term, 1963 

No. 5

J am es A . Fox a n d  A lbert  E . S a m pso n ,

-V.'
Petitioners,

S tate op N o rth  C arolina .

M E M O R A N D U M

On June 13, 1963 the office of the Clerk requested, pur­
suant to direction by the Court, “that a memorandum be 
filed in the above captioned case as to whether or not there 
is a statute, ordinance, or executive order requiring dis­
crimination on the basis of race.”

Petitioners submit that administrative action in the 
nature of the categories about which inquiry was made has 
been adopted. The following excerpt from Equal Protection 
of the Laws in North Carolina, Report of the North Caro­
lina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission 
on Civil Eights, p. 220 (1962) states the nature of the state 
action.

No restaurant, cafe, food or drink stand, hotel, motel, 
tourist home, or any other place where food or drink 
is prepared, handled, or served for pay, or where 
lodging accommodations are provided can operate with­
out a permit from, and inspection by, the State board 
of health. G.S. 72-46 (1941). Such places are graded



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A, B, or C and the grade card must be displayed in a 
conspicuous place. Violations incur fines or imprison­
ment, Threatened violations of the statute or of board 
regulations may be enjoined.

The inspectors’ official State form (form 451, re­
vised July 1958) allows 10 points (out of 90 in the 
category or 1,000 total for the test) if the toilet facili­
ties are “adequate for each sex and race.”

Petitioners submit that this explicit administrative en­
couragement of racial segregation in public eating estab­
lishments is sufficient to bring this case within the rule of 
Peterson v. City of Greenville, 373 U.S. 244, and Lombard 
v. Louisiana, 373 U.S. 267.

Respectfully submitted,

J ack  G reenberg  
J am es M. N abrit , III 

10 Columbus Circle 
New York 19, New York

S a m u el  S. M it c h e l l  
G eorge R. G r e e n e

507 East Martin Street 
Raleigh, North Carolina

F. J. Carnage 
G eorge E. B row n

115% East Hargett Street 
Raleigh, North Carolina

Attorneys for Petitioners

W il l ia m  T. C o lem a n , J r .
L ouis  H. P ollak  

Of Counsel



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