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DAVIS v. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF PRINCE EDWARD CTY., VA.

Civ. A. No. 1333.

142 F.Supp. 616 (1956)

Dorothy E. DAVIS et al., Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

Decided July 17, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver W. Hill, Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Richmond, Va., and Thurgood Marshall, New York City, for plaintiffs.

T. Justin Moore, Archibald G. Robinson, John W. Riely, T. Justin Moore, Jr., Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Richmond, Va., J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., of Virginia and Henry T. Wickham, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., of Virginia, for defendants.

Before PARKER, Circuit Judge, and HUTCHESON and BRYAN, District Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This action was commenced to enjoin racial segregation in the public schools of Prince Edward County, Virginia, on the ground that provisions of the state constitution and statutory code requiring such segregation were violative of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and therefore void. A court of three judges was properly constituted, as required by 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281 and 2284, and judgment was entered denying...

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