HOXIE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 46 v. BREWER

Civ. A. J-918.

135 F.Supp. 296 (1955)

HOXIE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 46 of LAWRENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, a body corporate under the laws of the State of Arkansas; L. R. Howell, L. L. Cochran, Howard Vance, Guy Floyd, and Leo Robert, individually and as Directors of Hoxie School District No. 46 of Lawrence County, Arkansas; and K. E. Vance, Plaintiffs, v. Herbert BREWER, Amis Guthridge, White America, Inc., a corporation organized and operating under the laws of the State of Arkansas; "Citizens Committee Representing Segregation in the Hoxie Schools", an unincorporated association; James D. Johnson, Curt Copeland, and "White Citizens Council of Arkansas", an unincorporated association, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Arkansas, Jonesboro Division.

October 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Sloan, III, Walnut Ridge, Ark., Edwin E. Dunaway, Little Rock, Ark., Penix & Penix, Jonesboro, Ark., for plaintiffs.

M. V. Moody, W. H. Gregory, Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.


TRIMBLE, Chief Judge.

The complaint in this case was filed on October 13, 1955. It was verified by the plaintiffs, who are school directors, and the superintendent of the school, of the plaintiff district. There were attached to the complaint the affidavits of Jewel Thorn, Raymond Saunches and K. E. Vance.

A temporary restraining order was issued on October 14, to expire at 10:00 a. m. on October 21, 1955, and it was ordered that the motion for preliminary...

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