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MAPP v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF CHATTANOOGA

Nos. 14444, 14517.

295 F.2d 617 (1961)

James Jonathan MAPP et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 13, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond B. Witt, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendants-appellants, Witt, Gaither, Abernathy, Caldwell & Wilson, Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief.

James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees, Z. Alexander Looby, Avon Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley, New York City, on the brief.

Before MILLER, Chief Judge, and WEICK and O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

These two appeals are from orders of the District Court entered in a proceeding to compel racial desegregation of the public schools in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

In the first appeal, No. 14,444, it is contended that the District Court erred in granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and in ordering the Board of Education to file a plan for desegregation of the schools. The Board did file a plan in compliance with the order of the Court....

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