EVANS v. BUCHANAN

Civ. A. Nos. 1816-1822.

172 F.Supp. 508 (1959)

Brenda EVANS et al., Plaintiffs, v. Madeline BUCHANAN et al., Defendants.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

April 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. Redding, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs.

Januar D. Bove, Jr., Atty. Gen. of State of Delaware, for State Bd. of Education, et al.

James M. Tunnell, Jr., Wilmington, Del., and James H. Hughes, III, Dover, Del., for Milford Sp. School Dist., et al.

Everett F. Warrington, Georgetown, Del., for Milton Sp. School Dist., No. 8.

Max Terry, Dover, Del., for Caesar Rodney Sp. School Dist.


LAYTON, District Judge.

The chronological legal background of these cases is fully set out in Evans v. Buchanan, D.C.Del. July 15, 1957, 152 F.Supp. 886 and Evans v. Buchanan, 3 Cir., July 23, 1958, 256 F.2d 688.

It is sufficient here to say that on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that racial discrimination in the public school systems was unconstitutional...

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