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VICK v. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF OBION COUNTY, TENN.

No. 1259.

205 F.Supp. 436 (1962)

Sylvia Dumas VICK, an infant, by Harvey O. Vick and Mrs. Harvey O. Vick, her father and mother and next friends; Brenda Kaye Carson, an infant, by J. H. Carson and Mrs. Mamie Carson, her father and mother and next friends; Juanita Morris, an infant, by Richard Morris and Mrs. Richard Morris, her father and mother and next friends; and Harvey O. Vick, Mrs. Harvey O. Vick, J. H. Carson, Mrs. Mamie Carson, Richard Morris and Mrs. Richard Morris, Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF OBION COUNTY, TENNESSEE, and O. C. Berry, J. C. Roberts, Virgil Roberts, Chester Thompson, W. H. Caudel, Earl Bryant, Sam Cutler, Marvin Harper, Archie Cultra and W. T. Garrigan, Jr., Board Members, who together, as such Members, constitute the County Board of Education of Obion County, Tennessee; and C. D. Parr, County School Superintendent and/or Superintendent of Public Instruction of Obion County, Tennessee, Defendants.

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

June 4, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avon N. Williams, Jr., Looby & Williams, Nashville, Tenn., J. Emmett Ballard, Jackson, Tenn., and Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Fenner Heathcock, Heathcock, Elam & Cloys, Union City, Tenn., for defendants.

BROWN, District Judge.

This cause first came on for hearing on December 15, 1961, on the application of plaintiffs for an injunction against the operation of a compulsory racially segregated public school system in Obion County, Tennessee. Plaintiffs also prayed for an injunction against the assignment of teachers and supporting personnel on the basis of race or color. Defendants, in their answer, admitted they are operating a compulsory racially segregated school...

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