DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT v. EDGAR

No. 17091.

255 F.2d 455 (1958)

DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Appellants, v. J. W. EDGAR, Commissioner of Education et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 23, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. J. Thuss, Dallas, Tex., for appellants.

B. H. Timmins, Jr., James N. Ludlum, Leonard Passmore, Asst. Attys. Gen., of Texas, Will Wilson, Atty. Gen. of Texas, for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing a suit by the Dallas School District against the Texas State Commissioner of Education and other state officials. It sought to have the district court enter a declaratory judgment determining its right under two state laws dealing with the appellant's duty to carry out the mandate previously entered by the district court that it desegregate the schools under its jurisdiction with...

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