SINGLETON v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS

No. 21889.

356 F.2d 771 (1966)

Willie Carl SINGLETON, a minor by Neva Singleton, his mother and next friend, et al., Appellants, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy D. Clark, New York City, Earl M. Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla., Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, New York City, for appellants.

Gerald Mager, Asst. Atty. Gen., James W. Kynes, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS, and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In this class action the plaintiffs seek to desegregate the Florida state reform schools. The plaintiffs-appellants, four Negro juveniles now sixteen to eighteen years old, were inmates of the reform schools when they brought this suit, but were released during its pendency in the district court. They allege that the State of Florida, through its Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, operates reform schools, particularly the Florida...

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