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NORWOOD v. HARRISON

Civ. A. No. WC 70-53-K.

340 F.Supp. 1003 (1972)

Delores NORWOOD et al., Plaintiffs, v. D. L. HARRISON, Sr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, W. D.

April 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Leventhal, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

William Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and KEADY and SMITH, District Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

I

The Nature of the Case

This suit, a class action by Negro children attending the public schools, is brought through their parents as next friends.

The defendants are the members of the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board and the Executive Secretary of that Board.

The gravamen of the complaint is that:

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