BRADLEY v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

No. 9471.

345 F.2d 310 (1965)

Carolyn BRADLEY and Michael Bradley, infants, by Minerva Bradley, their mother and next friend, et al., Appellants, v. The SCHOOL BOARD OF the CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, H. I. Willett, Division Superintendent of Schools of the City of Richmond, Virginia, and E. J. Oglesby, Alfred L. Wingo and E. T. Justis, individually and constituting the Pupil Placement Board of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Marsh, III, and S. W. Tucker, Richmond, Va., for appellants.

Henry T. Wickham, Sp. Counsel, City of Richmond (J. Elliott Drinard, City Atty. of Richmond, and Tucker, Mays, Moore & Reed, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees School Board of City of Richmond, Va., and H. I. Willett, Division Superintendent of Schools of Richmond, Va.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and HAYNSWORTH, BOREMAN, BRYAN, and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc.


HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

This is the second time the second of two Richmond school cases has been before us. This time the principal question is whether the School Board adequately discharges its duty under the law when it gives to every pupil an unrestricted right to attend the school of his choice, or that of his parents. The District Court held that it does, and we agree. There are other subsidiary questions.

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