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ALSTON v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CITY OF NORFOLK

No. 4623.

112 F.2d 992 (1940)

ALSTON et al. v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CITY OF NORFOLK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

June 18, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurgood Marshall, of New York City, and William H. Hastie, of Washington, D. C. (Oliver W. Hill of Richmond, Va. and Leon A. Ranson, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellants.

Alfred Anderson and Jonathan W. Old, Jr., both of Norfolk, Va. (William C. Coupland, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in a suit instituted by Melvin O. Alston, a Negro school teacher of Norfolk, Va., and the Norfolk Teachers' Association, an association composed of the Negro school teachers of that city, against the School Board and the Superintendent of Schools of the city. The purpose of the suit is to obtain a declaratory judgment, to the effect that the policy of defendants in maintaining a salary schedule which fixes the salaries of Negro...

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