CARTER v. SCHOOL BOARD OF ARLINGTON COUNTY

Civ. No. 331.

87 F.Supp. 745 (1949)

CARTER v. SCHOOL BOARD OF ARLINGTON COUNTY et al.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

December 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Martin & Robinson, of Richmond, Virginia, Leon A. Ransom, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Lawrence W. Douglas, of Arlington, Virginia, for defendants.


BRYAN, District Judge.

The complaint here is that in their operation of the public schools the School Board and Superintendent of Schools of Arlington County, Virginia, have discriminated against Negro students by failing to provide them, solely on account of their race or color, with facilities and opportunities for high school education equal to those furnished the white students. It is a class suit — on behalf of all Negroes of high school age residing in...

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