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NORWOOD v. HARRISON

No. 72-77.

413 U.S. 455 (1973)

NORWOOD ET AL. v. HARRISON ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn R. Leventhal argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Charles Stephen Ralston, Norman J. Chachkin, and Anthony G. Amsterdam.

William A. Allain, First Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were A. F. Summer, Attorney General, and Heber Ladner, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General.*

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

A three-judge District Court sustained the validity of a Mississippi statutory program under which textbooks are purchased by the State and lent to students in both public and private schools, without reference to whether any participating private school has racially discriminatory policies. 340 F.Supp. 1003 (ND Miss. 1972). We noted probable jurisdiction, 409 U.S. 839...

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