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BECKETT v. SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF NORFOLK

Civ. No. 2214.

302 F.Supp. 18 (1969)

Leola Pearl BECKETT et al., Plaintiffs, and Carlotta Mozelle Brewer et al. and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. The SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF NORFOLK et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

May 19, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Tucker & Marsh (Henry L. Marsh, III), Richmond, Va., Victor J. Ashe and J. Hugo Madison, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs and certain individual intervenors.

J. Harold Flannery and Charles K. Howard, Civil Rights Division, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States of America, plaintiff-intervenor.

Leonard H. Davis, City Atty., Norfolk, Va., and Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson & Spindle, Toy D. Savage, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for School Board of City of Norfolk and other defendants.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

MEMORANDUM

In a matter involving the better part of seven days of testimony, to say nothing of the multitude of exhibits and pretrial proceedings, prudence dictates that a considered opinion is in order. Nevertheless, compelling reasons are presented which require a decision at this particular time in order to alleviate, subject to appellate review, the unrest existing among school children and their parents in the City of...

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