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SAILORS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 430.

387 U.S. 105 (1967)

SAILORS ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE COUNTY OF KENT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell A. Miles argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief was Roger D. Anderson.

Paul O. Strawhecker argued the cause for appellees and filed a brief for Kentwood Public Schools. With him on the brief for the Board of Education of the County of Kent was George R. Cook. On the brief for appellee the Attorney General of Michigan, were Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Eugene Krasicky, Assistant Attorney General.

Francis X. Beytagh, Jr., argued the cause pro hac vice for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Doar and Bruce J. Terris.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, pro se, and Daniel M. Cohen, Robert W. Imrie and George D. Zuckerman, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General of the State of New York, and by Morris H. Schneider and Seymour S. Ross for the County of Nassau.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants, qualified and registered electors of Kent County, Michigan, brought this suit in the Federal District Court to enjoin the Board of Education of Kent County from detaching certain schools from the city of Grand Rapids and attaching them to Kent County, to declare the county board to be unconstitutionally constituted, and to enjoin further elections until the electoral system is redesigned. Attack is...

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