ACREE v. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RICHMOND CO., GA.

Civ. A. No. 1179.

294 F.Supp. 1034 (1968)

Robert L. ACREE et al., Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Georgia, Augusta Division.

December 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ruffin, Jr., Augusta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Franklin H. Pierce, Augusta, Ga., for defendants.


ORDER OF COURT

LAWRENCE, District Judge.

This case has been around since June, 1964. A review of its past history is not amiss.

The complaint was filed as a class action to enjoin the County Board of Education of Richmond County from operating a compulsory bi-racial school system. A fully segregated system was in existence prior to that time. In the Fall of 1964 Judge Scarlett approved a plan of desegregation for the current school year. It involved...

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