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Blount v. School Bd. of Isle of Wight County, Va., undated
Bowler v. School Bd. of the City of Richmond, 1942
Brooks v. City School Bd. of Galax, Va., 1959
Carter v. School Bd. of Arlington County, Va., 1950
Cook v. Board of Educ. of Prince George's City, Va., 1938-1940
Corbin v. Board of Educ. of Pulaski County, Va., 1949-1950
Freeman v. School Bd. of Chesterfield Co., 1948
Goins v. School Bd. of Grayson County, Va., undated
Jones v. School Bd., 1960
Kelly v. School Bd., 1948
Swanson v. University of Va., 1950
Virginia v. Billups, 1952
Washington, D.C.
Gregg v. Sharpe, circa 1950
Haley v. Sharpe, 1949
West Virginia
Anderson v. Board of Educ. of the County of Mercer, W.Va., 1955
Dunn v. Board of Educ. of Greenbrier, W.Va., 1955
Taylor v. Board of Educ., 1955
ELECTIONS
The fund took cases to gain or protect voting rights in general elections and primaries. Other cases concerned electoral district apportionment and strictures on Negro candidates and bloc voting.
Alabama
Davis v. Schnell, 1949
Gray v. Main, 1961-1967
Newman v. Searcy, 1949
Arkansas
Gatlin v. McDaniel, 1950
Georgia
Franklin v. Harber, 1949
Smith v. Baldwin, 1948
Louisiana
Byrd v. Brice, 1952
Scott v. Beard, 1954
Ventre v. Ryder, 1959
Mississippi
Darby v. Daniel, 1957
New Mexico
Trujillo v. Garley, undated
North Carolina
Elliott v. Cumberland County Bd. of Elections, 1955
Lassiter v. Northampton County Bd. of Elections, 1957
Trafton v. Burgges, 1954
Oklahoma
Hodge v. Tulsa County Election Bd., 1948
South Carolina
Elmore v. Rice, 1947
Texas
Perry v. Cyphers, 1951
Virginia
Kelsey v. Moore, 1946
HOUSING AND REAL PROPERTY
The fund challenged racial zoning laws and restrictive covenants which excluded ethnic groups, and segregation or discrimination in federal housing and other public housing aid programs. Other litigation involved individuals who resorted to the courts to protect private property rights, or cases brought against individuals who obstructed integration of residential neighborhoods.
Alabama
Barnes v. City of Gadsden, Ala., 1953-1959
City of Birmingham v. Monk, 1950
Morris v. Housing Auth., 1954
Tate v. City of Eufaula, undated
Watts v. Housing Auth., 1952-1956
California
Amer v. Superior Court of Calif., 1947
Banks v. Housing Auth. of the City and County of San Francisco, 1952-1953
Barrows v. Jackson, 1950-1952
Burkman v. Liddy, 1942
Franklin v. Housing Auth. of the City of Sacramento, 1952
Ming v. Horgan, 1954-1957
Connecticut
Harris v. Clinton, 1955
Georgia
Cohen v. Public Hous. Admin., 1952-1956
Heyward v. Public Hous. Admin., 1954-1956
Illinois
Clark v. Sandusky, 1951
Illinois v. Leighton, 1951
Jenkins v. Chicago Hous. Auth., 1953
McCormick v. Green, undated
Indiana
Woodbridge v. Housing Auth., 1952-1953
Kentucky
Buchanan v. Warley; Harris v. Louisville, 1915-1929
Eleby v. Louisville Municipal Hous. Comm'n, 1956-1957
Louisiana
Stewart v. Clark Terrace Unit One, Inc., 1952-1955
Wilson v. Bossier Constr. Co., 1954
Maryland
Kennard v. McKamer Realty Co., undated
Michigan
Askew v. Benton Harbor Hous. Comm'n, 1951-1956
Flowers v. National Hous. Auth., 1943
Hill v. Hamtramck Hous. Comm'n, 1942-1947
Lewis v. City of Detroit, 1942-1954
Malicke v. Milan, 1948
Mrsa v. Reynolds, 1946
Phillips v. Naff, 1952
Missouri
Davis v. Saint Louis Hous. Auth., 1953-1956
Venable v. City of Creve Coeur; City of Creve Coeur v. Deilman, 1956
Weiss v. Leaon, 1949-1950
New Jersey
Crawford v. Maher, 1952
Miller v. McComb, 1954
Seawell v. MacWithey, 1948
Taylor v. Leonard, 1954
New York
Commission against Discrimination v. Pelham Hall Apts., Inc., 1957-1958
Dorsey v. Stuyvesant Town Corp., 1947-1948
In re Griffin v. City of Schenectady, 1950
Hunter v. City of New York, 1952
Kemp v. Rubin, 1946
Mid-Island Properties v. Johnson, 1953
United States v. Mortgage Conference, 1948
Ohio
Trustees of Monroe Ave. Church v. Perkins, 1947
Vann v. Toledo Metro. Hous. Auth., 1953
Ward v. Columbus Metro. Hous. Auth., 1954-1955
Oregon
Foeller v. Housing Auth. of Portland, 1953
Namba v. McCourt, 1948
Pennsylvania
Johnson v. Levitt & Sons, Inc., 1955
Pearson v. Olney Gardens, 1955
Unger v. Dewalt, 1941
Yoshida v. Gelbert Improvement Co., 1946
Washington, D.C.
Hundley v. Gorewitz, 1942
Shanks Village Residents Ass'n v. Cole, 1954
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