U. S. v. MONTGOMERY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 798.

395 U.S. 225 (1969)

UNITED STATES v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Griswold argued the cause for the United States in No. 798. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Leonard and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Lewin. Jack Greenberg argued the cause for petitioners in No. 997. With him on the brief were Fred D. Gray, James M. Nabrit III, Melvyn Zarr, Franklin E. White, and Elizabeth B. DuBois.

Joseph D. Phelps argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents in both cases.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this action the United States District Court at Montgomery, Alabama, ordered the local Montgomery County Board of Education to bring about a racial desegregation of the faculty and the staff of the local county school system. 289 F.Supp. 647 (1968). Dissatisfied with the District Court's order, the board appealed. A panel of the...

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