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GAINES v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 20984.

329 F.2d 823 (1964)

Shirley GAINES et al., Appellants, v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 20, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. L. Hollowell, Atlanta, Ga., C. B. King, Albany, Ga., Constance Baker Motley, Derrick A. Bell, Jr., Norman C. Amaker, New York City, for appellants.

Jesse W. Walters, Albany, Ga., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CARSWELL, District Judge.

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

The principal issue presented by this appeal from an order of the District Court approving a plan offered by the Dougherty County Board of Education to make a start towards desegregating the county schools is whether the plan calls for a sufficiently prompt compliance with the requirements of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 349 U.S. 294, 75 S.Ct. 753, 99 L.Ed. 1083. The Board admitted that the schools of...

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