DAVIS v. MANN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Mays and R. D. McIlwaine III, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for appellants. With them on the briefs were Robert Y. Button, Attorney General of Virginia, and Henry T. Wickham.

Edmund D. Campbell and Henry E. Howell, Jr. argued the cause for appellees. With Mr. Campbell on the brief for appellees Mann et al. was E. A. Prichard. With Mr. Howell on the brief for appellees, the citizens and voters of Norfolk, Virginia, were Leonard B. Sachs and Sidney H. Kelsey.

Solicitor General Cox, by special leave of Court, argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Bruce J. Terris and Richard W. Schmude.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Leo Pfeffer, Melvin L. Wulf, Jack Greenberg and Robert B. McKay for the American Jewish Congress et al., and by W. Scott Miller, Jr. and George J. Long for Schmied, President of the Board of Aldermen of Louisville, Kentucky.