LeFlore v Robinson Brief for Appellants in Opposition to Appellees' Petition for Rehearing En Banc
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January 1, 1971

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Brief Collection, LDF Court Filings. Fox v. North Carolina Memorandum, 1963. 4ec83153-b29a-ee11-be36-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0193bbad-f421-4ba0-a9c7-0c440633a299/fox-v-north-carolina-memorandum. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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I n t h e ( 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 I n t h e §>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 2 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 38