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MAPP v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF CHATTANOOGA

Civ. A. No. 3564.

203 F.Supp. 843 (1962)

James Jonathan MAPP and Deborah L'Tanya Mapp, minors, by James R. Mapp, their father and next friend and Pless Maxey, Jr., a minor, by his mother and next friend, Mrs. Josephine Maxey, and Kathy Kirnon, a minor, by her father and next friend, The Reverend H. H. Kirnon, Plaintiffs, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, a public body corporate, and Dean Petersen, Chairman of the Board of Education of the City of Chattanooga, and George C. Hudson, Sr., Mrs. J. D. Irvine, William D. Leber, Raymond B. Witt, Jr., Corley R. Young and Gordon Kellett, Members of the Board of Education of the City of Chattanooga, and J. W. Letson, Superintendent of Schools of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

March 30, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Baker Motley, New York City, Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Bruce C. Boynton, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Raymond B. Witt, Jr., Ellis Meacham, Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendants.

FRANK W. WILSON, District Judge.

This suit is now before the Court for a decision with regard to the adoption of a plan for the desegregation of the public schools of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Before considering and discussing the various plans of desegregation submitted for consideration by the parties, it is appropriate to review the history of this lawsuit.

This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to the provisions of Title 28 U.S.C.A. ...

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