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CHAMBERS v. HENDERSONVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 10379.

364 F.2d 189 (1966)

Grace CHAMBERS, Doris Yvonne Greene, Mary Ann White and The North Carolina Teachers Association, a corporation, Appellants, v. The HENDERSONVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public body corporate, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. LeVonne Chambers, Charlotte, N. C. (Conrad O. Pearson, Durham, N. C., Ruben J. Dailey, Robert L. Harrell, Asheville, N. C., Jack Greenberg, Derrick A. Bell, Jr., and Melvyn Zarr, New York City, on brief) for appellants.

Hoyle B. Adams, Hendersonville, N. C. (L. B. Prince, Hendersonville, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

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

J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, Negro school teachers and their professional association, brought this class action seeking an injunction against the racially discriminatory policies and practices of the School Board of the City of Hendersonville.1 The district court dismissed their complaint and denied them injunctive relief. We reverse and remand.

Prior to the school year 1964-1965 the school system of Hendersonville...

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