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McKISSICK v. CARMICHAEL

No. 6201.

187 F.2d 949 (1951)

McKISSICK et al. v. CARMICHAEL et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1951.

As Modified June 15, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Carter and Thurgood Marshall, New York City (Conrad O. Pearson, Durham, N. C., on the brief), for appellants.

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, and L. P. McLendon, Greensboro, N. C. (Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen., W. F. Brinkley, Atty. Gen.'s Office, Raleigh, N. C., W. B. Umstead, Durham, N. C., and J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Jr., Raleigh, N. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and WATKINS, District Judge.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The applications of four qualified Negro students, citizens of North Carolina, for admission to the School of Law of the University of North Carolina were rejected solely on account of their race and color by the school authorities; and this suit was brought against the President of the University, the Dean of the Law School and others, denouncing their action as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and praying an...

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