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CALHOUN v. COOK

Civ. A. No. 6298.

362 F.Supp. 1249 (1973)

Vivian CALHOUN et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ed S. COOK et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

April 4, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren C. Fortson, Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler, Martin & Lowe, Alfred L. Evans, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.

Howard Moore, Jr., Elizabeth R. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Norman J. Chachkin, Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, Benjamin W. Spaulding, Margie Pitts Hames, Hames & Hyatt, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Charles S. Conley, Montgomery, Ala., for Congress of Racial Equality, Inc., Applicant for Intervention.

Nathaniel R. Jones, New York City, Bobby L. Hill, Atlanta, Ga., John H. Ruffin, Augusta, Ga., Samuel Tucker, Henry Marsh, Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, Va., Tom Sampson, John L. Kennedy, Kennedy, Bussey & Sampson, Atlanta, Ga., for NAACP, Applicant for Intervention.

Before SIDNEY O. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge, and ALBERT J. HENDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This is an ancient class action filed in 1958 involving the desegregation of the Atlanta Public Schools, brought on behalf of the parents of all black students enrolled therein. In concept, it is a classic civil rights class action under old Rule 23(a)(3). E. g. Potts v. Flax, 313 F.2d 284 (5th Cir. 1963).

Heretofore, on February 23, 1973, the plaintiffs and defendants presented to the court a jointly proposed...

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