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Palmer v. Thompson, 403 U.S. 217 (1971), is a United States Supreme Court civil rights case which concerned the interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Feb 5, 2022 · John Clayton Riley II already faced charges linked to the December 2019 knife-point robbery of Palmer Thompson at his southwest Topeka workplace.
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Oct 9, 2007 · Palmer v. Thompson is a civil rights case which the Black citizens of Jackson, Mississippi brought against the City for closing the public city pools instead of desegregating them.
Dec 1, 2022 · John Clayton Riley II pleads guilty to gunshot murder in North Topeka of Palmer Thompson. A Topeka man pleaded guilty Monday to crimes that included the September 2021 murder of a man he'd...
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Facts. The city maintained segregated swimming pools while it desegregated the zoo, public golf courses and parks. The city decided to close all pools instead of desegregating them. Some of the black citizens then filed suit to force the city to reopen the pools as desegregated facilities.
In Palmer v Thompson 1 the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a decision by the city of Jackson, Mississippi, to close all public swimming pools.
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Palmer (plaintiff), an African American resident of Jackson, and several other African American residents brought suit against Thompson (defendant), a City of Jackson official, in federal district court challenging the closing of the pools and seeking to convince the city to reopen them on a non-segregated basis.
