522. Suits to enforce integration
522.Ark2. |
Matthews, et al. v. Launius, et al.
(Bearden Dist.) (WD Ark., Civ., #570.)*
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522.Ark3. |
Aaron, et al. v. McKinley, et al.
(Little Rock.) (ED Ark., W Div., #3113.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 29, 60, 82, 107. Sept. 15, 1959: Def.-school Bd. reassigned three additional Negro students to Central High, affirmed denial of reassignment to 52 Negro applicants. Sept. 30: hearing in DC on complaint of several of 52 students.
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522.Ark3b. |
Smith, et al. v. Gov. Faubus, et al. and Ark. Sovereignty Comm.
(Little Rock) (Ark. S. Ct.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 39, 82. Ark. S. Ct. decision reported this issue, at p. 4.
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522.Ark3d. |
Fitzhugh v. Ark. Dept. of Education.
(Little Rock.) (Pulaski Co. Cir. Ct.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 60. May 4, 1959: Cir. Ct. affirmed decision for Def.
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522.Ark5. |
Dove v. Parham.
(Dollarway School Dist.) (CA 8.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 82, 108. Sept. 21, 1959: CA 8 reversed DC order requiring admission of 3 Negro Pls. to previously all-white school, affirmed DC holding of Pupil Placement Law constitutional with its 15 standards to be considered re each pupil seeking transfer, incl.: residential proximity, scholastic aptitude, mental energy, impact of pupil's admission on other pupils. Oct. 1959: 3 pupils applied for transfers under Pupil Placement Law; Def.-Bd., after giving physical and mental examinations, denied applications.
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522.Dela1. |
Buchanan, Members of Dela. Bd. of Educ. and Bd. of Trustees, et al. v. Jackson.
(Christiana School Dist.)
and
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522.Dela2. |
Buchanan, et al. v. Evans, et al.
(Milford.)
and
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522.Dela3. |
Buchanan, et al. v. Holloman, et al.
(Hilton.)
and
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522.Dela4. |
Buchanan, et al. v. Cloverdale, et al.
(Greenwood.)
and
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522.Dela5. |
Buchanan, et al. v. Creighton, et al.
(Laurel.)
and
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522.Dela6. |
Buchanan, et al. v. Denson, et al.
(Seaford.)
and
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522.Dela7. |
Buchanan, et al. v. Oliver, Jr., et al.
(Clayton.)
and
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522.Dela8. |
Buchanan, et al. v. Staten, et al.
(Milford.) (DC Dela.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 30, 82, 108. Aug. 6, 1959: Pls. asked injunction against enforcement of 12-year stairstep integration plan; pending in DC.
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522.Dela9. |
Dennis, et al. v. Baker, et al.
(Dover.) (DC Dela.)*
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522.Fla2. |
Gibson, et al. v. Dade Co. Bd. of Public Instruction, et al.
(CA 5.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 30, 60, 82. Oct. 6, 1959: heard and submitted.
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522.Fla3. |
Myers, Cannon, et al. v. Hillsborough Co. Bd. of Public Instruction.
(Tampa.) (DC Fla.) Sept. 1959: Negro Pls. filed for admission to Def.-Bd's. schools on non-segregated basis. Sept.: DC denied injunction, held Pls. had failed to follow procedure in Pupil Placement Laws, which would provide just remedy.
Francisco Rodriguez, Esq., Tampa, Fla.
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522.Fla4. |
Re Lake Co. School Bond Issue.
(Lake Co. Cir. Ct.) Sept. 1959: Cir. Ct. refused to validate $5.6 million bond issue for new schools on ground money would be used for racially segregated schools, in violation of U.S.S.C. decision in Brown case.
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522.Ga2. |
Hunt, et al. v. Arnold, Ga. State School of Business Admr.
(ND Ga., Atlanta Div., #5781.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 30. Jan. 14, 1959: DC enjoined Defs. from refusing to admit Negro-Pls. as pupils. No appeal taken.
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522.Ga3. |
Calhoun v. Latimer.
(Atlanta.) (CA5, #18040.)*
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522.La1. |
Orleans Parish School Bd., et al. v. Bush, et al.
(ED La.)*
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522.La2. |
Hall, et al. v. St. Helena Parish School Bd., et al.
(ED La., Civ. #1068.)*
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522.La3. |
Angel, et al. v. La. State Bd. of Educ., et al.
(ED La., Baton Rouge Div., Civ. #1658.)*
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522.La4. |
Davis, Jr., et al. v. E. Baton Rouge Parish School Bd., et al.
(ED La., Baton Rouge Div. Civ. #1662.)*
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522.La6. |
Williams, et al. v. Prather, et al.
(WD La., #5000 Civ.)*
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522.La10. |
Henley, et al. v. La. State Univ. Bd. of Supervisors.
(CA 5, #17421.)*
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522.NY3. |
Rector, et al. v. N.Y.C. Bd. of Educ.
(N.Y. Sup. Ct.) Sept. 16, 1959: Parents of 5 Negro children sued Def.-Bd. charging intentional discrimination against Harlem Negro students by refusing transfers from an all-Negro school to predominantly white school while allowing white students to transfer from a Harlem school to a predominantly white school. Show cause order served on Bd. Pending.
Paul B. Zuber, Esq., 2816 8th Ave., NYC.
Report:
Naomi Levine and Will Maslow, Analysis of integration activities of NYC Bd. of Education from Brown decision to the present. Am. Jewish Congress, 15 E. 84, NYC.
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522.NC2. |
Covington, et al. v. Edwards, Supt. of Schools, et al.
(Montgomery Co.) (U.S.S.C., #222.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 31, 83. Oct. 12, 1959: U.S.S.C. denied Pls. petition for certiorari from DC and CA holdings that N.C. Pupil Placement Law is constitutional.
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522.NC6. |
Jeffers v. Whitley, N.C. State Supt. of Public Instruction, N. C. Bd. of Educ., et al.
(Caswell Co.) (MD NC., Greensboro Div., #1079.)*
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522.NC7. |
Holt, Jr., v. Bd. of Educ.
(Raleigh.) (U.S.S.C., #114.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 32, 83. Oct. 12, 1959: U.S.S.C. denied Pls'. petition for certiorari from DC and CA rulings that Pls. must exhaust administrative remedies under Pupil Placement Law.
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522.NC8. |
McKissick and Richardson v. Bd. of Educ.
(Durham.) (MD N.C.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 83. Sept. 1959: DC dismissed suit as class action in which Pls. had not attempted to exhaust administrative remedies under State Pupil Placement Law. DC criticized some procedures of Def.-Bd. under this Law. Pl. renewed transfer application; Def.-Bd. granted transfer to white school.
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522.NC9. |
Pls. v. Bd. of Educ., N. C. Bd. of Educ., N. C. Advisory Committee on Education.
(Greensboro.) (MD N.C.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 83. Pls. filed amended complaint alleging that Def.-Bd. changed all-white school into all-Negro school, but made no general plan for desegregation.
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522.NC10. |
Pls. v. Bd. of Educ.
(Greensboro.) (MD N.C.)*
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522.NC11. |
Pls. v. Bd. of Educ., N. C. Bd. of Educ., N. C. Advisory Committee on Education.
(Mecklenburg Co.) (MD N.C.)*
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522.Okla2. |
Brown, et al. v. Long, Pres., Morris Independent School Dist., et al.
(Okmulgee Co.) (ED Okla., Civ., #4245.)*
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522.SC1. |
Briggs v. Elliott.
(Clarendon Co.) (ED S.C., #2657.)*
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522.Tenn1. |
Kelly, et al. v. Bd. of Educ.
(Nashville.) (U.S.S.C.)*
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522.Tenn3. |
Ward v. Bd. of Educ.
(Knoxville.) (ED Tenn., N. Div., #3158.)*
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522.Tenn4. |
Blakney, et al. v. Bd. of Educ., et al.
(Memphis State University.) (WD Tenn.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 32. Sept. 10, 1959: 8 Negro Pls. entered MSU as undergraduate students.
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522.Tenn5. |
Pls. v. Bd. of Educ.
(Rutherford Co.) (MD Tenn.) Sept. 4, 1959: Negro parents stationed at Stewart Air Force Base sued for injunction prohibiting Def.-Bd. from excluding 16 Negro children because of race. Sept. 16, 1959: DC issued injunction; children admitted to school.
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522.Tex5. |
Borders, et al. v. Rippy, et al.
(Dallas.) (CA 5.) For facts, see II DOCKET 25, 46, III DOCKET 17, 41, 61, IV DOCKET 109. Appeal pending.
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522.Tex7. |
Ross v. Rogers, Pres., Houston Independent School Dist.
(DC Tex., Houston, #10,444.)*
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522.Tex8. |
Dallas Independent School Dist. v. Edgar.
(Tex. Dist. Ct.)*
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522.Tex9. |
Pls. v. Bd. of Educ.
(Abilene.) (Texas Sup. Ct.) Pls.-Negro children sue for admission to public school near Dyess Air Force Base attended exclusively by children of military personnel. Issue: constitutionality of state law cutting off funds to any county which permits integration without referendum. Pending.
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522.Va1. |
County School Bd. v. Allen, et al.
(Prince Edward Co.) (U.S.S.C., #227.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 33, 83, 109. Oct. 12, 1959: U.S.S.C. denied Bd's. petition for certiorari. Bd. closed all public schools in response to DC desegregation order.
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522.Va2. |
Corbin, et al. v. School Bd.
(Pulaski Co.) (WD Va., Roanoke, #341 Civ.)*
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522.Va3. |
Atkins, et al. v. School Bd., et al.
(Newport News.) (DC Va., Newport News Div., #489.)*
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522.Va4. |
Beckett, et al. v. School Bd.
(Norfolk.) (DC Va., Norfolk Div., #2214.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 33, 62, 83. Oct. 22, 1959: after hearing, DC ordered Va. Pupil Placement Bd. to assign 4 Negro students to Norfolk public school or face contempt proceedings.
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522.Va5. |
Allen, et al. v. School Bd.
(Charlottesville.) (WD Va., #51.)*
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522.Va6. |
Hamm, et al. v. School Bd.
(Arlington.) (ED Va., #1341.) For facts, see IV DOCKET 33-4, 62, 84, 109. Sept. 1959: DC ordered 7 more Negro pupils admitted to public school.
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522.Va14. |
Warden, et al. v. School Bd.
(Richmond.) (ED Va., Richmond.)*
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522.Va17. |
Walker v. School Bd.
(Floyd Co.) (DC Va., Roanoke.) Suit by Negro pupils for admission to previously all-white high school in Co. having no high school for Negro students. Sept. 19, 1959: DC ordered admission of 14 Negro students to white high school.
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522.Va18. |
Brooks v. School Bd.
(Galax.) (DC Va., Roanoke.) Negro student sued for admission to white high school in city having no facilities for Negro high school students. Sept. 19, 1959: DC ordered Pl. admitted to city (white) high school.
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522.Va19. |
Blair v. School Bd.
(Grayson Co.) (DC Va., Roanoke.) 6 Negro students sued for admission to white high school in Galax under city-county contract with Grayson Co., which has no high school for Negro students. Sept. 19, 1959: DC denied Pl's. motion for order of admission.
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