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GOSS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 217.

373 U.S. 683 (1963)

GOSS ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Constance Baker Motley, James M. Nabrit III, Carl A. Cowan, Z. Alexander Looby and Avon N. Williams.

K. Harlan Dodson, Jr. and S. Frank Fowler argued the cause and filed briefs for respondents.

Assistant Attorney General Marshall argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Cox, Bruce J. Terris, Harold H. Greene and Howard A. Glickstein.

Jack Petree argued the cause for the Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance. With him on the brief was Harry C. Pierotti.

Raymond B. Witt, Jr. filed a brief for the Chattanooga Board of Education, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari (371 U.S. 811) limited to the question whether petitioners, Negro school children seeking desegregation of the public school systems of Knoxville, Tennessee (the Goss case), and Davidson County, Tennessee, an area adjacent to Nashville (the Maxwell case), are deprived of rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The question centers around substantially similar transfer provisions...

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