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ARKANSAS v. TEXAS.

No. ___, Original.

346 U.S. 368 (1953)

ARKANSAS v. TEXAS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Gentry, Attorney General of Arkansas, and E. J. Ball, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, argued the cause for complainant. With them on the brief was Kay Matthews, Assistant to the Attorney General.

William H. Holloway and Marietta McGregor Creel, Assistant Attorneys General of Texas, argued the cause for defendants. With them on the brief was John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a motion by Arkansas to file a complaint against Texas and invoke our original jurisdiction granted by Art. III, § 2, of the Constitution.

The complaint alleges that the University of Arkansas, acting through its Board of Trustees, and the William Buchanan Foundation, a corporation organized under the laws of Texas, entered into a contract whereby...

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