THOMPSON v. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF ARLINGTON COUNTY

Civ. A. 1341.

166 F.Supp. 529 (1958)

Clarissa S. THOMPSON et al. v. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF ARLINGTON COUNTY, Virginia, et al.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

September 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver W. Hill and Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Richmond, Va., Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C., and Otto L. Tucker, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiff.

Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., of Virginia, Henry T. Wickham, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., of Virginia, James H. Simmons of Arlington County, and Frank L. Ball, Arlington County, Arlington, Va., for defendant.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, District Judge.

Now, for the first time, this case comes before the court upon an assignment of pupils made by State and local authorities and founded on local conditions. Decision is reduced to an administrative review. The case signally demonstrates the soundness and workability of these propositions: (1) that the Federal requirement of avoiding racial exclusiveness in the public schools—loosely...

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