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Gayle et al., Members of the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery, Alabama, et al. v. Browder et al.; and Owen et al., Members of the Alabama Public Service Commission, et al. v. Browder et al., 1956 — 352 U.S. 903 · caselaw · US
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Gayle et al., Members of the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery, Alabama, et al. v. Browder et al.; and Owen et al., Members of the Alabama Public Service Commission, et al. v. Browder et al.
352 U.S. 903·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 342.
No. 343.
Gayle et al., Members of the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery, Alabama, et al. v. Browder et al.; and Owen et al., Members of the Alabama Public Service Commission, et al. v. Browder et al.
Walter J. Knabe for appellants in No. 342. John Patterson, Attorney General of Alabama, and William N. McQueen and Gordon Madison, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants in No. 343. Robert L. Carter and Thurgood Marshall for appellees in No. 343.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed. Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U. S. 483; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Dawson, 350 U. S. 877; Holmes v. Atlanta, 350 U. S. 879.
Reported below: 142 F. Supp. 707.