WINBORNE v. TAYLOR

No. 6383.

195 F.2d 649 (1952)

WINBORNE et al. v. TAYLOR et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. H. Bell, Charlotte, N. C., and M. Hugh Thompson, Durham, N. C. (Charles V. Bell, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellants.

Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, (Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, on brief), for appellees North Carolina State Board of Education, H. P. Taylor et al.

Carl Bailey, Plymouth, N. C. (Z. V. Norman, Plymouth, N. C., on brief), for appellees Washington County Board of Education et al.

William Davis Butts, Newport News, Va., for intervenors, appellees Merelene Anthony et al.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellants are Negro children attending the public schools of Washington County, North Carolina, and their parents and guardians. They instituted, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, a civil action seeking a declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction on the ground that the defendants had unconstitutionally discriminated against them by denying them educational facilities equal...

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