BOSON v. RIPPY

No. 18046.

275 F.2d 850 (1960)

Sandra Craig BOSON, et al., Appellants, v. Dr. Edwin L. RIPPY, as President of the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Independent School District, Dallas County, Texas, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion March 15, 1960.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. Bunkley, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Constance Baker Motley, Thurgood Marshall, New York City, William J. Durham, Dallas, Tex., Elwood H. Chisolm, New York City, of counsel, for appellants.

Royal H. Brin, Jr., Henry W. Strasburger, Dallas, Tex., Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Miller & Martin, Dallas, Tex., of counsel, for appellees.

Before RIVES, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This class action seeking admission of Negro children to the Dallas public schools on a nonracial basis was commenced in July 1955. Its history may be traced through many reported opinions on various stages and phases of the litigation, e. g. Bell v. Rippy, D.C.N.D. Tex.1955, 133 F.Supp. 811; Brown v. Rippy, 5 Cir., 1956, 233 F.2d 796; certiorari denied Oct. 22, 1956, 352 U.S. 878...

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