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ADKINS v. SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS

Civ. A. Nos. 489, 2214.

148 F.Supp. 430 (1957)

Jerome A. ADKINS et al., Plaintiffs, v. The SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, et al., Defendants. Leola Pearl BECKETT et al., Plaintiffs, v. The SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia Newport News Division, Norfolk Division.

January 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Hale Thompson, Philip S. Walker, Newport News, Va., Spottswood W. Robinson, III and Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, Va., Victor J. Ashe, Norfolk, Va., for Jerome A. Adkins and others.

Harry L. Nachman, City Atty., Newport News, Va., J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Henry T. Wickham, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., T. Justin Moore, Archibald G. Robertson, John W. Riely and T. Justin Moore, Jr., Richmond, Va., for School Board of City of Newport News, Va.

No. 2214:

Victor J. Ashe and J. Hugo Madison, Norfolk, Va., Spottswood W. Robinson, III and Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, Va., for Leola Pearl Beckett and others.

Leigh D. Williams, Leonard H. Davis, City Atty. for City of Norfolk and W. R. C. Cocke, Norfolk, Va., J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Henry T. Wickham, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., for School Board of City of Norfolk, Va.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia Newport News Division (No. 489) Norfolk Division (No. 2214).

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

In identical class actions certain Negro children and their parents, or others who stand in loco parentis, have instituted these suits seeking the guidance and assistance of this Court to require the defendants1 to cease and desist from the policy, practice, custom and usage of denying the infant plaintiffs...

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