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GROVES v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MD.

Civ. No. 10485.

164 F.Supp. 621 (1958)

Thomas Conrad GROVES, Joan Elaine Groves, Minors, by their parent, William Groves v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND; G. Edward Thomas, President; May Russell, Vice-President; Mrs. Grace W. Knight; Robert E. Wigginton; Clarence Leo Young, all constituting the members of the Board of Education of St. Mary's County, Maryland, and Robbert A. King, Jr., Superintendent of Schools of St. Mary's County.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Civil Division.

August 19, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker R. Dearing and Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Baltimore, Md., and Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

H. Vernon Eney, Robert R. Bair, and Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., for defendants.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The principal purpose of this action is to secure the admission of Thomas Conrad Groves, a Negro, to the ninth grade at the Great Mills High School in St. Mary's County, Maryland, and of his sister, Joan Elaine Groves, to the eleventh grade at that school.

Following the decision of this court in Robinson v. Board of Education of St. Mary's County, July 9, 1956, 143 F.Supp. 481, the Board of Education...

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