AUGUSTUS v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTR. OF ESCAMBIA CO., FLA.

Civ. A. No. 1064.

185 F.Supp. 450 (1960)

Karen Renee AUGUSTUS, a Minor, by Charles A. Augustus, her father and next friend, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, a Public Body Corporate, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Florida, Pensacola Division.

June 24, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Wilson, Pensacola, Fla., Constance Baker Motley, Thurgood Marshall, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Bert Lane, Pensacola, Fla., J. E. Holsberry, William Fisher, Sr., Pensacola, Fla., for defendants.


CARSWELL, Chief Judge.

Before the Court is Motion of defendant Board of Public Instruction of Escambia County, Florida, to strike certain portions of complaint filed by plaintiffs, as a class action invoking the provisions of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873, and its progeny.

The attack here by the Board was originally twofold, the first...

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