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Caddo Parish School Board et al. v. United States et al.; East Baton Rouge Parish School Board et al. v. Davis et al.; and Board of Education of the City of Bessemer et al. v. United States et al.
389 U.S. 840·Supreme Court of the United States·1967
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Opinion
No. 256.
No. 282.
No. 301.
Caddo Parish School Board et al. v. United States et al.; East Baton Rouge Parish School Board et al. v. Davis et al.; and Board of Education of the City of Bessemer et al. v. United States et al.
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, William P. Schuler, Second Assistant Attorney General, and Albín P. Lassiter for petitioners in No. 256.
John F. Ward, Jr., for petitioners in No. 282. Reid B. Barnes, William G. Somerville, Jr., and John C. Satterfield for petitioners in No. 301.
Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Doar, Louis F. Claiborne and David L. Norman for the United States in Nos. 256 and 301.
Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Michael Meltsner, Norman C. Amaker, Charles H. Jones, Jr., Demetrius C. Newton, A. P. Tureaud, Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Orzell Billingsley, Jr., David H. Hood and Johnnie A. Jones for individual respondents in all three cases.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Reported below: 372 F. 2d 836, 949, 380 F. 2d 385.