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LUCY v. ADAMS

No. 294, Misc.

350 U.S. 1 (1955)

LUCY ET AL. v. ADAMS, DEAN OF ADMISSIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 10, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur D. Shores, Constance Baker Motley, Robert L. Carter and Thurgood Marshall for petitioners.

Frontis H. Moore for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners, Autherine J. Lucy and Polly Anne Myers, citizens of Alabama, have been seeking admission to the University of Alabama since September 1952. Respondent William F. Adams is Dean of Admissions of the University. After hearings, United States District Judge Grooms of the Northern District of Alabama found that petitioners had been denied admission to the University "solely on account of their race and color." Holding this

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