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GRAY v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Civ. No. 1567.

100 F.Supp. 113 (1951)

GRAY et al. v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE et al.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

April 13, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Cowan, Avon N. Williams, Jr., and Z. Alexander Looby, Nashville, Tenn., Thurgood Marshall, and Robert L. Carter, New York City, for plaintiffs.

John J. Hooker, K. Harlan Dodson, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

Before MILLER, Circuit Judge, and DARR and TAYLOR, District Judges.

MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs by this action seek to enjoin the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee, the University of Tennessee, and certain of its officers from denying them admission to the Graduate School and to the College of Law of the University because they are members of the Negro race.

In brief, the complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are citizens of the United States and of the...

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