and it was booker faison versus elmo beard versus the city of beaumont. that was in the summer of '55. and in order to set up the case, several of them went out to the golf shop at the terrell, offered to pay their money. they were refused. and so they got the case set up like that. and then after they set up the case, then johns and willard and tate filed the suit papers in beaumont, challenging the fact that they were not permitted to play the terrell because of their color. and the new judge, he had just been appointed recently, was lamar cecil. and so judge cecil had to handle this new case that was coming in. johns and willard and tate argued this case in the courtroom here. they brought the plaintiffs and the defendants together. and judge cecil presided there at his bench. theo johns and elmo willard and hugh simpleston at a time argued that the case of brown versus board of education did apply to the golf course, even though it was in education, a school case. he ruled in favor of the black plaintiffs, ruled that brown versus board of education do