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ADAMS v. LUCY

No. 15839.

228 F.2d 619 (1955)

William F. ADAMS, Appellant, v. Autherine J. LUCY and Polly Anne Myers, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Thomas, Frontis H. Moore, Birmingham, Ala., Burr, McKamy, Moore & Thomas, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel, for appellant.

Constance Baker Motley, New York City, Arthur D. Shores, Birmingham, Ala., Thurgood Marshall, New York City, for appellees.

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

PER CURIAM.

Brought by appellees, plaintiffs below, for themselves and all other negroes similarly situated, against William F. Adams, Dean of Admissions of the University of Alabama, charging that he had denied them the equal protection of the laws guaranteed to them under the Fourteenth amendment, in that he had refused to admit them to the University of Alabama solely on account of their race and color, the suit was for a declaratory judgment and an injunction...

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