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DAVIS v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CITY OF PONTIAC, INC.

No. 20477.

443 F.2d 573 (1971)

Donald DAVIS, Jr., a minor by his mother and next friend Mrs. Sadie Davis et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF the CITY OF PONTIAC, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

May 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Manley, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendants-appellants; Beirne, Wirthlin & Manley, Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief; Dudley & Patterson, by Harold W. Dudley and William R. Lightbody, Pontiac, Mich., of counsel.

Elbert L. Hatchett, Pontiac, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellees; William Waterman, Pontiac, Mich., on brief.

Before McCREE, Circuit Judge, CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge, and MURRAH, Senior Circuit Judge.

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether the racial pattern which is manifested within the Pontiac, Michigan School District in pupil attendance zones, faculty and administrative assignments, and the locating of school buildings is the purposeful product of policies of the Board of Education. Plaintiffs-appellees are Negro children and residents of the City of Pontiac and of the State of Michigan. On February 20, 1969, they brought a class action...

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