TAYLOR v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT


191 F.Supp. 181 (1961)

Leslie TAYLOR and Kevin Taylor, minors, by Wilbert Taylor and Hallie Taylor, their parents and next friends, and Marjorie Williams and Rosylyn Williams, minors, by Rudolph Williams and Marjorie Williams, their parents and next friends, and Cheryl Ann Williams, a minor, by Ula Williams, her mother and next, friend, and Lynn Garland, a minor, by Thomas Garland, her father and next friend, and Benjamin Hall, Lonnie Hall, Michelle Hall and Velma Hall, minors, by Barbara Hall, their mother and next friend, and Marilene Murphy, a minor, by Walter Murphy and Willene Murphy, her parents and next friends, and for these and all others similarly situated and who may become parties to this action, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CITY OF NEW ROCHELLE, and Herbert C. Clish, as Superintendent of Schools of the City School District of the City of New Rochelle, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

January 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Roberts and Paul Zuber, New York City, by Paul Zuber, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Murray C. Fuerst, New Rochelle, N. Y., School Counsel, by Julius Weiss, New York City, of counsel, for defendants.

National Lawyers Guild, New York City, amicus curiæ.

National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People, New Rochelle Branch, amicus curiæ.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this class action, proceeding through their parents, are eleven Negro infants who were formerly enrolled in the Lincoln School, a public elementary school operated by the defendants, the Board of Education of the City of New Rochelle, and Dr. Herbert C. Clish, that city's Superintendent of Schools.1 It is admitted by the defendant that approximately 94% of the pupils at Lincoln are Negroes...

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