CAMERON v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 40,527

182 Kan. 39 (1957)

318 P.2d 988

DENNIS CAMERON, a minor, by his parents and next friends, CLIFFORD WILLIAMSON, and PARTHENA WILLIAMSON; ARTHUR BOLTON, JR., TWYLA JUNE BOLTON, and JOYCE BOLTON, minors, by their parents and next friends, ARTHUR BOLTON, and RUTH BOLTON; DONALD WESLEY, JR., CHARLES WESLEY, and SHELIA WESLEY, minors, by their parent and next friend, DONALD WESLEY, SR.; ERNEST DANIEL HARRIS, JR., and STEPHEN LEROY HARRIS, minors, by their parent and next friend, ALENE HARRIS; MARION DAVIS, and LEONA DAVIS, minors, by their parents and next friends, HARRIS DAVIS and EVA MAE DAVIS; and PATRICIA LEWIS, RICHARD LEWIS, and LEONARD LEWIS, minors, by their parent and next friend, OPAL LEWIS, Plaintiffs, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF BONNER SPRINGS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, a corporation; GLENN R. BARB, President of the Board of Education of the City of Bonner Springs of the State of Kansas; DELBERT O. WENDT, MRS. R.L. BOYCE, CLARENCE BOYER, E.C. STARKS, and ROBERT L. SCOTT, Members of the Board of Education of the City of Bonner Springs of the State of Kansas; and C.H. BRANSON, Superintendent, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Towers, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and Elmer C. Jackson, Jr., also of Kansas City, was with him on the briefs for plaintiffs.

J.D. Lysaught, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and Lee E. Weeks, also of Kansas City, was with him on the briefs for defendants.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an original action in mandamus brought by fourteen Negro pupils of the school district of the City of Bonner Springs in Wyandotte County, Kansas, and their parents as next friends, to compel the school board, its members as individuals, and the superintendent to permit these pupils to enroll and attend the McDaniel and Southwest Common Grade Schools, which were

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