Case Name: Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission et al. v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.; and Green v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1962-10-08
Citations: 371 U.S. 809
Docket Number: No. 146; No. 68, Misc.
Parties: Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission et al. v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.; and Green v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 371
Pages: 809–809

Head Matter:
No. 146.
No. 68, Misc.
Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission et al. v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.; and Green v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.
Duke W. Dunbar, Attorney General of Colorado, and Floyd B. Engeman, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioners in No. 146.
T. Raber Taylor for petitioner in No. 68, Mise.
Patrick M. Westfeldt for respondent in both cases.
A memorandum for the United States, as amicus curiae, in support of the petitions in both cases was filed by Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Marshall, Harold H. Greene and David Rubin. Brief of amici curiae in support of the petition in No. 146 was filed by Stanley Mosk, Attorney General of California, Howard H. Jewel, Assistant Attorney General, Victor D. Sonenberg, Deputy Attorney General, and Charles E. Wilson for the State of California, and Thomas F. Eagleton, Attorney General of Missouri, and James J. Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Missouri.

Opinion:
On petitions for writs of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Colorado. The petition for writ of certiorari in No. 146 is granted. The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari in No. 68, Misc., are also granted and the case is transferred to the appellate docket.