DAVIS v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COM'RS OF MOBILE COUNTY

No. 22759.

364 F.2d 896 (1966)

Birdie Mae DAVIS et al., Appellants, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon Z. Crawford, Mobile, Ala., Derrick A. Bell, New York City, for appellants.

George F. Wood, Mobile, Ala., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge, and LYNNE, District Judge.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge:

This is the fourth appearance of this case before this court. This present appeal, coming as it does from an order of the trial court entered nearly eighteen months ago, on March 31, 1965, points up, among other things, the utter impracticability of a continued exercise by the courts of the responsibility for supervising the manner in which segregated school systems break out of the policy of complete segregation into gradual steps of compliance...

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