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Swann et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education et al.; Davis et al. v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Alabama, et al., 1970 — 400 U.S. 815 · caselaw · US
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Swann et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education et al.; Davis et al. v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Alabama, et al.
400 U.S. 815·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
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No. 281.
No. 436.
Swann et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education et al. Davis et al. v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Alabama, et al.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 4th Cir. [For earlier orders herein, see; e. g., ante, p. 805]; and
C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 804.] Motion of United Negro College Fund, Inc., et al. for leave to file .a brief as amici curiae, in both cases granted. . Motions of Commonwealth of Virginia and William C. Cramer for reconsideration of denials of motions for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae in No. 281 denied.