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THOMPSON v. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF ARLINGTON COUNTY

Civ. A. No. 1341.

159 F.Supp. 567 (1957)

Clarissa S. THOMPSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF ARLINGTON COUNTY, Virginia, et al., Defendants.

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

September 14, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin C. Brown, Alexandria, Va., Spottswood W. Robinson, and Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, Va., for plaintiffs.

J. Lindsay Almond, Atty. Gen., James H. Simmonds and Frank L. Ball, Sr., Arlington, Va., for defendants.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, District Judge.

Seven Negro children of school age were refused admission as pupils in the public schools of Arlington County, Virginia on the opening day of the current session. The ground of the refusal was that the applicants had not complied with, or obeyed, the provisions of the Pupil Placement Act of Virginia, 1956 Acts, Extra Session, c. 70. That statute requires every child before entering a public school for the first time, or on graduation...

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