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BROWN v. HENDRIX

Civ. A. Nos. 4656, 4657.

228 F.Supp. 698 (1964)

Edward W. BROWN, II, a minor, by his father and next friend, Reverend Edward W. Brown, Plaintiff, v. Henry C. HENDRIX, President of the Board of Trustees of the Beaumont Independent School District, a Corporation, et al., Defendants. Patricia RICHARD, Addie Richard, Michael Richard and Lana Richard, minors, by their father and next friend, Martel Richard, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rodney CHRIST, President of the Board of Trustees of the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District, a Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

April 24, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmo R. Willard, III, Johns, Willard & Hannah, Beaumont, Tex., W. J. Durham, Dallas, Tex., Robert Carter, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Louis Nelson, Strong, Pipkin, Strong & Nelson, Hardy D. Akin, J. B. Morris, J. Kenneth Hynes, Beaumont, Tex., for defendants.

FISHER, District Judge.

Civil Action No. 4656 and Civil Action No. 4657 have been consolidated by consent and agreement of the parties, both actions being "school desegregation cases" involving Negro children as Plaintiffs, and the Beaumont Independent School District and the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District as Defendants.

It is the contention of the Plaintiffs that they are being discriminated against because of race and color and by said suits...

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