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NELSON v. GROOMS

No. 19759.

307 F.2d 76 (1962)

Agnes NELSON and Oswald Nelson, minors, by T. N. Nelson, their father and next friend, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Petitioners, v. The Honorable H. H. GROOMS, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 17, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Baker Motley, New York City, Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Peter A. Hall, Birmingham, Ala., for petitioners.

Before RIVES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The petitioners pray for a writ of mandamus to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and to the Honorable H. H. Grooms, Judge of said Court, directing the said District Court to promptly hear and determine petitioners' motion for preliminary injunction filed in said Court on June 13, 1962. On the same date, Judge Grooms had entered the following order in the case:

"The plaintiffs' motion for preliminary...

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