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EVANS v. MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Civ. A. No. 1816.

145 F.Supp. 873 (1956)

Brenda EVANS et al., Plaintiffs, v. MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Members of the Board of Trustees of Clayton School District No. 119, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

November 9, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. Redding, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs.

David P. Buckson and George R. Wright, Dover, Del., for the Members of the Board of Trustees of Clayton School District No. 119, defendants.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

This is a class suit brought pursuant to Rule 23(a) (3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.1 All of the plaintiffs are among those classified as "colored", of Negro blood and ancestry, and are residents of Clayton, Delaware. The defendants are the members of the State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of Clayton School District No. 119 and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

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