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COVINGTON v. EDWARDS

Civ. No. 323-R.

165 F.Supp. 957 (1958)

Helen COVINGTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. J. S. EDWARDS, Superintendent of Schools of Montgomery County, North Carolina, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. North Carolina, Rockingham Division.

September 12, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kenneth Lee and Major S. High, Greensboro, N. C., and William A. Marsh, Jr. and C. O. Pearson, Durham, N. C., for plaintiffs.

Garland S. Garriss, Troy, N. C., and Thomas F. Ellis, Raleigh, N. C., for defendants, Montgomery County Board of Education.

Malcolm B. Seawell, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, and Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, for State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

STANLEY, District Judge.

The complaint in this action was filed on July 29, 1955, as a class action by thirteen adult plaintiffs personally and as next friend of forty-five minor plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and all other citizens and residents of Montgomery County, North Carolina, similarly situated. Named as defendants are the Superintendent of Schools of Montgomery County, North Carolina, and the individual members of the Montgomery County Board of Education...

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