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Jones et al. v. State Board of Education of Tennessee et al., 1969 — 396 U.S. 817 · caselaw · US
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Jones et al. v. State Board of Education of Tennessee et al.
396 U.S. 817·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 480,
Misc.
Jones et al. v. State Board of Education of Tennessee et al.
Reber F. Boult, Jr., Charles Morgan, Jr., Richard Bellman, Melvin L. Wulf, and Eleanor H. Norton for petitioners. George F. McCanless, Attorney General of Tennessee, Thomas E. Fox, Deputy Attorney General, and Robert H. Roberts, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 6th Cir. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted as to petitioner Jones, certiorari denied as to other petitioners, and case transferred to appellate docket.