ROGERS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK., SCH. DIST.

No. LR-67-C-147.

281 F.Supp. 39 (1968)

Ardry ROGERS, an Infant, by His Mother and Next Friend, Mrs. Eunice Rogers, Plaintiff, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, SCHOOL DISTRICT, a Public Body Corporate, Floyd Parsons, Superintendent of the Little Rock, Arkansas, School District, the Arkansas Athletic Association, and J. M. Burnett, Executive Secretary of the Arkansas Athletic Association, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

February 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Walker, Norman J. Chachkin, Little Rock, Ark., Jack Greenberg, Michael Meltsner, New York City, for plaintiff.

Robert V. Light, G. Ross Smith, Smith, Williams, Friday & Bowen, Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GORDON E. YOUNG, District Judge.

This was brought as a class action under F.R.Civ.P. 23(b) (2) by the mother of Ardry Rogers, who was enrolled as a ninth grade student in the Pulaski Heights Junior High School operated by defendant Board of Education of the Little Rock School District. The action challenged an athletic eligibility rule promulgated by defendant Arkansas Athletic Association and adhered to by defendant School District. Declaratory...

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