THOMPSON v. GIBBES

Civ. No. 1273.

60 F.Supp. 872 (1945)

THOMPSON v. GIBBES et al.

District Court, E. D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

May 26, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Morgan, of Orangeburg, S. C., Thurgood Marshall and Edward R. Dudley, both of New York City, and Arthur D. Shores, of Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff.

Frank A. Graham and Fred D. Townsend, both of Columbia, S. C., for defendants.


WARING, District Judge.

This action is brought for the individual benefit of the plaintiff as well as class action on behalf of the negro teachers and principals in School District No. 1, in Richland County, South Carolina. The named defendants are members of the School Board of that district, except A C. Flora, who is the Superintendent of Schools. The jurisdiction of this court is invoked under Section 24(14) of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(14), and...

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