GUILLORY v. ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE UNIVERSITY

No. 19730.

306 F.2d 489 (1962)

Barbara Marie GUILLORY and Pearlie Hardin Elloie, Appellants, v. The ADMINISTRATORS OF the TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine S. Wright, John P. Nelson, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellants.

John Pat Little, Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before CAMERON, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This case involves the question whether the Negro plaintiffs are entitled to declaratory and injunctive relief compelling Tulane University to admit them as students. As this is the assertion of Federal Constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment, the claim necessarily asserts that Tulane University, by reason of its unique historical background or by circumstances showing substantial state control is a State Agency, or its operation under Act 43 of...

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