Evening star., 1950-10-17
High Court Indicates
School Racial Rulings
Apply 10 Recreation

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Extension of anti-segregation
rulings from schools to public rec
reation was indicated today, I'M
the wake of a Supreme Court Or
der concerning use of a Miami
Fla) golf course by Negroes.
In an unusual procedure, the
tribunal yesterday granted a re-
view of the case but Immediately
sent it back to the Florida courts
for action "in the light of" high
court decisions in Texas and Okla
homa University segregation cases
last June.
The Florida courts had upheld
a Miami ordinance under which
Negroes were permitted to use a.
city -owned golf course only on
Mondays. The Supreme Court
voided that judgment but did not
specifically tell the State courts
what to do so long as they con-
form to basic opinions in the
school cases.
Required Admission.
The Supreme Court decreed in
those cases that a Negro be ad-
mitted to the Texas University
Law School because equal law
school facilities were not available
elsewhere in the State, and that
another Negro. having previously
been admitted to Oklahoma Uni
versity, must be treated equally
with white students.
Those decisions did not strike
down the separate but equal"
doctrine of racial segregation. But
they directly influenced recent de-
ciSions in Maryland and Virginia
concerning admission of Negroes
to various branches of State uni
versities.
Another appeal with racial over
tones, but also involving censor
ship issue, failed to get Supreme
Court review yesterday. The high
court refused to hear an attack
on an Atlanta (Ga) ordinance
under which a city censorship
board banned showing of the mo-
ton picture Lost Boundaries.
Justice Douglas was recorded as
favoring a review.
Oil Decision Stands.
The court also refused to re-
consider its decisions last June
that the Federal Government has
paramount rights to oil and min
eral-rich lands under marginal |
waters off the Texas and Louisi-
ana coasts. The court has not
yet acted on Government requests
that the two States be required
to give an accounting of money
they have received through State
leases for oil taken from those
submerged areas.
Other orders by the Supreme
Court yesterday:
l. Left unchanged United
States Court of Appeals ruling
here that wife is entitled to sue
for damages because of a negli-
gent accident that deprived her
of sexual relationship with her
husband. The appeals court de-
cided last May that Mrs. Lucia
Hitaffer could sue the Argonne
Co., Inc, for damages, even
though her husband, Pierce H.
Hitaffer, was entitled to work.
mems compensation payments for
injuries in an accident while
company employe. The ruling re-
portedly was the first of its kind
dealing with an accident claim.
To Rule on Milk Dispute.
2. Agreed to rule on constitu-
tionality of Madison (Wis.) milk
inspection dispute, similar in
some respects to a controversy
over shipment of milk into the
District. The District Commits
sioners recently extended until
November an eight-year- old
emergency provision permitting
importation of outside milk into
Washington from farms not in
spected by District health officials.
The Madison ordinance bars milk
not pasteuriZed within five miles
of the city. A dairy company
contended the ordinance violates
the interstate commerce clause of
the Constitution.
3. Granted a review of the Gov
ernment'S appeal from lower court
dismissal of complaints that three
Miami (Fla.) private detectives
beat employees of a lumber COM
pany in an attempt to make them
confess" to thefts. The Gov
ernment declares the alleged beat
ings violated the civil rights of
the employees.
4. Agreed to consider an attack
on a California law restricting
collection of damages in libel suits
against newspapers. Erwin P.
Werner, former Los Angeles city
attorney, filed a 100000 libel suit
against the Southern California
Associated Newspapers. The Cali
fornia Supreme Court held that
the suit was properly dismissed
because a demand for a retraction
by the newspapers was not made
within 20 days. The State court
also upheld a provision of the
law permitting newspapers to
substitute published or broadcast
retraction for general money
damages.
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