BORDERS v. RIPPY

Civ. No. 6165.

195 F.Supp. 732 (1961)

Hilda Ruth BORDERS, A Minor, by her Father and Next Friends, Louie Borders, et al. v. Dr. Edwin L. RIPPY et al.

United States District Court N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

June 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. J. Durham, C. B. Bunkley, Dallas, Tex., U. Simpson Tate, Wewoka, Okl., Thurgood Marshall, New York City, J. L. Turner, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Robert L. Carter, New York City, Kenneth F. Holbert, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

H. W. Strasburger, Mark Martin, Dallas, Tex., for defendants.


DAVIDSON, District Judge.

We are here now faced with the mandate of the Appellate Court directing us to enter a decree setting aside the plans of the School Board of Dallas which gave the child and the parents the right of choice along with integration and instead to enter a decree of forcible integration in disregard of the schools' plans and the constitution and laws of Texas.

Should a judge act when his conscience...

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