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GRAY v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

No. 120.

342 U.S. 517 (1952)

GRAY ET AL. v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Carter argued the cause for appellants in No. 120 and petitioners in No. 159, Misc. With him on the briefs were Carl A. Cowan, Thurgood Marshall and Z. Alexander Looby.

John J. Hooker argued the cause for appellees in No. 120. With him on the brief was K. Harlan Dodson, Jr. Mr. Hooker and Mr. Dodson also filed a brief for the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee et al. in No. 159, Misc.

Shackelford Miller, Jr., U. S. Circuit Judge, and Leslie R. Darr and Robert L. Taylor, U. S. District Judges, filed a response to the rule to show cause in No. 159, Misc.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants, on behalf of themselves and other Negroes "similarly situated," sued in the District Court to enjoin appellees from alleged violations of the Fourteenth Amendment in refusing to admit Negroes to the University of Tennessee. A three-judge court, convened at appellants' request, held that this case was not within the jurisdiction of a three-judge court under 28 U. S. C. (Supp. IV) § 2281 and ordered...

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