BOOKER v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF PLAINFIELD


45 N.J. 161 (1965)

212 A.2d 1

CHARLES B. BOOKER, ET AL., PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF PLAINFIELD, UNION COUNTY, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert L. Carter, of the New York bar, argued the cause for the appellants (Mr. Herbert H. Tate, Mr. William Wright, Jr., of the New Jersey bar, and Mr. Robert L. Carter and Miss Barbara A. Morris, of the New York bar, attorneys; Miss Joan Franklin and Mrs. Maria L. Marcus, of the New York bar, of counsel).

Mr. Victor R. King argued the cause for the respondent.

Mr. Alan B. Handler, First Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for the Commissioner of Education and State Board of Education (Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Morton Anekstein, Law Assistant, on the brief).


The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

The petitioners appealed under R.R. 4:88-8 from a decision of the State Board of Education affirming a decision of the Commissioner of Education. We certified on our own motion before argument in the Appellate Division.

After receiving protests against the racial imbalance in the Plainfield public school system, the local Board of Education appointed a lay advisory committee to review the matter and...

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