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Florida ex rel. Hawkins et al. v. Board of Control of Florida et al.; Muir v. Louisville Park Theatrical Association; Tureaud v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College et al., 1954 — 347 U.S. 971 · caselaw · US
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Florida ex rel. Hawkins et al. v. Board of Control of Florida et al.; Muir v. Louisville Park Theatrical Association; Tureaud v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College et al.
347 U.S. 971·Supreme Court of the United States·1954
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Opinion
May 24, 1954.
No. 9.
No. 85.
No. 595.
Florida ex rel. Hawkins et al. v. Board of Control of Florida et al. Muir v. Louisville Park Theatrical Association. Tureaud v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College et al.
Robert L. Carter and Thurgood Marshall for petitioners.
Ulysses S. Tate and Alexander P. Tureaud were also with them in No. 595. Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and Frank J. Heintz, Ralph M. Mc-Lane and Howard S. Bailey, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondents in No. 9. James W. Stites and Donald Q. Taylor for respondent in No. 85. Fred S. LeBlanc, Attorney General of Louisiana, W. C. Perrault, First Assistant Attorney General, C. Clyde Pearce, Assistant Attorney General, J. H. Tucker, Jr., Fred Blanche, Arthur O’Quin, Victor A. Sachse, W. Scott Wilkinson, Leander H. Perez, L. W. Brooks, C. V. Porter, Grove Stafford, Oliver Stockwell and Wood Thompson for respondents in No. 595.
Mr. Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of cases in which orders are this day announced.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida;
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Per Curiam:
The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The judgments are vacated and the cases are remanded for consideration in the light of the Segregation Cases decided May 17, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education, ante, p. 483, and conditions that now prevail.
Reported below: No. 9, 60 So. 2d 162, 166; No. 85, 202 F. 2d 275; No. 595, 207 F. 2d 807.