1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 278 F.2d
  5. 278 F.2d 72 (1960)
 

JONES v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

No. 7897.

278 F.2d 72 (1960)

Otis E. JONES and Betty Jo Jones, infants, by Leora Jones, their mother and next friend, et al., Appellants, v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, a body corporate, and T. C. Williams, Division Superintendent of Schools of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C. (Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, Va., Otto L. Tucker, Alexandria, Va., Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Richmond, Va., and James M. Nabrit, III, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellants.

John Barton Phillips, Alexandria, Va., A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., of Virginia, (Earl F. Wagner, Alexandria, Va., and R. D. McIlwaine, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Virginia, on brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The applications of fourteen Negro children, through their parents, to the School Board of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, to be transferred from colored to white schools in the city gave rise to this litigation. The School Board rejected all of the applications and the plaintiffs brought this suit, alleging that the actions of the Board had been taken pursuant to the policy of segregating the races in the public...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases