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Ellis v. Dixon et al., Members of the Board of Education of the City of Yonkers, 1954 — 348 U.S. 881 · caselaw · US
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Ellis v. Dixon et al., Members of the Board of Education of the City of Yonkers
348 U.S. 881·Supreme Court of the United States·1954
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Opinion
No. 20.
Ellis v. Dixon et al., Members of the Board of Education of the City of Yonkers.
[MAJORITY]
Cer-tiorari, 347 U. S. 926, to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department. Argued October 18, 1954. This case is ordered restored to the docket for reargument before a full bench. Counsel are requested to argue both the merits and the jurisdiction of this Court.
Emanuel Redfield for petitioner.
J. Raymond Hannon and John Preston Phillips for respondents.
Seymour B. Quel, Daniel T. Scannell and Helen R. Cassidy filed a brief for the City of New York on behalf of the Board of Education, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.