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WHITMORE v. STILWELL

No. 15473.

227 F.2d 187 (1955)

Wilma Dean WHITMORE, a minor, by her sister and next friend, Katie Coulter, et al., Appellants, v. H. W. STILWELL, as President of the Texarkana Junior College, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 23, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

U. Simpson Tate, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

John D. Raffaelli, Texarkana, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs, Negro minor residents of Texarkana, Texas, and the Texarkana Junior College District, here appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas dismissing their suit for an injunction to restrain the College from denying them admission thereto solely on the basis of race. The court below refused to grant the relief prayed on the grounds: (1) although jurisdiction was obtained over the President of the...

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