SINGLETON v. ANSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 11740.

387 F.2d 349 (1967)

Freddie M. SINGLETON et al., Appellants, v. ANSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public body corporate, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. LeVonne Chambers, Charlotte, N. C. (Conrad O. Pearson, Jr., Durham, N. C., J. H. Rennick, Salisbury, N. C., Jack Greenberg and James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, on motion), for appellants.

H. P. Taylor, Jr., Wadesboro, N. C. (Taylor, McLendon & Jones, Wadesboro, N. C., on answer), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In an exceedingly complex fact situation, including recent consolidation of three separate school administrative units into a single countywide system and inauguration of a new school board, piecemeal vindication of civil rights by way of preliminary injunction is inappropriate. "The purpose of a preliminary injunction ordinarily is to preserve the status quo until the rights can be fully determined by trial." 3 Barron & Holtzoff § 1433, at 490...

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