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UNITED STATES v. SCOTLAND NECK CITY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 70-130.

407 U.S. 484 (1972)

UNITED STATES v. SCOTLAND NECK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for petitioner in No. 70-130. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Norman, and Brian K. Landsberg. Adam Stein argued the cause for petitioners in No. 70-187. With him on the brief were Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Norman J. Chachkin, J. LeVonne Chambers, James R. Walker, Jr., and Samuel S. Mitchell.

C. Kitchin Josey and William T. Joyner argued the cause for respondents in both cases. With them on the brief were Robert Morgan, Attorney General of North Carolina, and Ralph Moody, Deputy Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioners in these consolidated cases challenge the implementation of a North Carolina statute authorizing the creation of a new school district for Scotland Neck, a city which at the time of the statute's enactment was part of a larger school district then in the process of dismantling a dual school system. In a judgment entered the same day as its judgment in Council of City of Emporia v. Wright...

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