MOORE v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY

Civ. No. 9105.

152 F.Supp. 114 (1957)

Stephen MOORE, Jr., minor by Stephen Moore, Sr., his father and next friend, Dennis Spriggs, minor by James Spriggs, his father and next friend, Roslyn Slade, minor by W. B. Slade, her father and next friend, Patricia Garland, minor by Dellas Garland, her father and next friend, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY, David G. Harry, Pres., Howard S. O'Neill, G. Robert Pennington, Samuel W. Galbreath, Mrs. Robert (Blanche S.) Fletcher, Charles W. Willis, Superintendent of the Schools of Harford County, Maryland.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Civil Division.

June 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker R. Dearing, Dearing & Toadvine, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Robert B. Watts, Brown, Allen & Watts, Baltimore, Md., and Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Edward C. Wilson, Jr., Bel Air, Md., and Wilson K. Barnes, Baltimore, Md., for defendants.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This action was brought by four Negro children, on their own behalf and on behalf of those similarly situated, seeking admission to certain public schools in Harford County, Maryland. The background and first stages of the case are detailed in an opinion filed herein on November 23, 1956, D.C., 146 F.Supp. 91.

Following that opinion, the four plaintiffs and eight other children, who have asked and...

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