McCOY v. GREENSBORO CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Civ. No. C-26-G-59.

179 F.Supp. 745 (1960)

Valarie McCOY, a Minor; Eric McCoy, a Minor; Thetus McCoy, a Minor, by their father and next friend, Readell McCoy; and Readell McCoy; Michael Anthony Tonkins, a Minor, by his father and next friend, James Tonkins, Jr., and James Tonkins, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. GREENSBORO CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a Body Politic of Guilford County, North Carolina, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. North Carolina, Greensboro Division.

January 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kenneth Lee, Greensboro, N. C., Conrad O. Pearson, Durham, N. C., Thurgood Marshall and Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert F. Moseley and Welch Jordan, Greensboro, N. C., for defendant, Greensboro City Board of Education.

William T. Joyner and William T. Joyner, Jr., Raleigh, N. C., for defendant, The N. C. Advisory Committee on Education.

Malcolm B. Seawell, Atty. Gen. of State of N. C., and Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen. of State of N. C., for defendant, N. C. State Bd. of Education.


STANLEY, District Judge.

This class action was commenced on February 10, 1959, by Valarie McCoy, Eric McCoy, and Thetus McCoy, minors, by their father and next friend, Readell McCoy, and Michael Anthony Tonkins, a minor, by his father and next friend, James Tonkins, Jr., against the Greensboro City Board of Education, The North Carolina Advisory Committee on Education, and the North Carolina State Board of Education, and individual members of those bodies, to have...

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