LOCKETT v. BOARD OF EDUCATION, MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, GEORGIA

No. 25356.

391 F.2d 272 (1968)

Jerry L. LOCKETT et al., Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION, MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, GEORGIA et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, C. B. King, Albany, Ga., Howard Moore, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Jack Greenberg, Mary Moss, New York City, for appellants.

J. Madden Hatcher, Columbus, Ga., A. J. Land, Hatcher, Stubbs, Land & Rothschild, Columbus, Ga., for appellees.

Before WISDOM, BELL and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal involves a further chapter in the conversion of the school system of Muscogee County, Georgia from a dual system based on race into a unitary system. The Board adopted its own plan and was in the process of effectuating it prior to suit. The considerable progress made to date has been without the sanction of an injunction. See Lockett v. Board of Education of Muscogee County School District, Georgia, 5 Cir., 1965, 342 F.2d 225...

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