REED v. PEARSON

No. 19305.

306 F.2d 690 (1962)

Willie M. REED, by his father and next friend, Wilmer Reed, Appellant, v. Theodore B. PEARSON, as Superintendent of Education of Washington County, Alabama, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grady W. Hurst, Jr., Chatom, Ala., for appellant.

Albert J. Tully, Mobile, Ala., for appellees. Holberg, Tully & Hodnette, Mobile, Ala., of counsel.

Before CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges, and DeVANE, District Judge.


DeVANE, District Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, filed this suit in the United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama, against Theodore B. Pearson as Superintendent of Education of Washington County, Alabama, and the individual members of the Board of Education of Washington County, Alabama, to require them to admit appellant as a student to Reeds Chapel School of that County. The suit is brought under Title 42, Section 1983, U.S.C.A. Appellees filed...

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