COPELAND v. SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

No. 16027.

376 F.2d 585 (1967)

Ruth COPELAND et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Wills, South Bend, Ind., Robert L. Carter, Lewis M. Steel, New York City, J. Chester Allen, Jr., South Bend, Ind., Thomas F. Broden, Jr., Law School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., for appellant.

Louis C. Chapleau, Arthur J. Perry, South Bend, Ind., for appellee.

Before KNOCH, KILEY and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

On April 20, 1966, plaintiffs, Negro school children attending Linden School in South Bend, Indiana, filed suit for declaratory judgment and permanent and temporary injunctive relief based on claims that defendants acting under color of Indiana law proposed replacement of Linden School in a way alleged to be intended to continue, and create, segregation of Negro children, in denial of equal protection of laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Issue...

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