GAINES v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY BD. OF EDUCATION

Civ. A. No. 764.

222 F.Supp. 166 (1963)

Shirley GAINES, Patricia Ann Gaines, Marian Gaines, minors, by Monroe Gaines, their father and next friend, and others, Plaintiffs, v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public body corporate, and others, Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Georgia, Albany Division.

Supplemental Opinion August 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Baker Motley, Norman Amaker, New York City, C. B. King, Albany, Ga., Donald L. Hollowell, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Perry, Walters & Langstaff, Albany, Ga., for defendants.


ELLIOTT, District Judge.

This is a proceeding seeking to enjoin the Dougherty County Board of Education, its members and the Superintendent of Education of Dougherty County, Georgia, from operating a bi-racial school system in Dougherty County. Subsequent to the filing of the original complaint the Plaintiffs made application for temporary injunction and the matter came on for hearing before the Court on July 8, 1963. The Court heard evidence and arguments of counsel...

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