U. S. v. COUNTY SCHOOL BD., PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VA.

Civ. A. No. 3536.

221 F.Supp. 93 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America v. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, James O. Morehead, Division Superintendent of Schools of Prince George County, E. J. Oglesby, Edward T. Justice and Alfred L. Wingo, Members of the Pupil Placement Board, and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

June 24, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

St. John Barrett, John Ossea, Jr., Washington, D. C., Attys., Dept. of Justice, C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty. (Harold H. Greene and Alan G. Marer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, on briefs), for United States.

John S. Battle, Jr., Richmond, Va., F. L. Wyche, Commonwealth Atty. for Prince George County, for County School Bd. of Prince George County and James O. Morehead.

A. B. Scott, Richmond, Va., for Pupil Placement Bd., E. J. Oglesby, Edward T. Justice and Alfred L. Wingo.

Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, R. D. McIlwaine, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia, for Commonwealth of Virginia.


BUTZNER, District Judge.

The United States seeks an injunction requiring the defendants to admit Negro children who are dependents of military and civilian personnel stationed or employed at Fort Lee, Virginia to schools attended only by white pupils.

The United States bases its claim upon two grounds; first, that pursuant to P.L. 815, Chapter 19 of Title 20 U.S.C. (20 U.S.C. § 631 et seq.), the Prince George County School Board gave assurance that its...

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