JONES v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF & FOR STATE OF TENN.

No. 18482.

407 F.2d 834 (1969)

Kenneth R. JONES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF AND FOR the STATE OF TENNESSEE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Bellman, New York City (I. T. Creswell, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Reber Boult, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Robert L. Carter, Richard F. Bellman, New York City, on the brief), for appellants.

Thomas E. Fox, Nashville, Tenn. (Thomas E. Fox, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert H. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., on the brief; George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen. and Reporter of Tennessee, of counsel), for appellees.

John R. Kramer, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae for National Student Assn.

Before O'SULLIVAN and COMBS, Circuit Judges, and KENT, District Judge.


COMBS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action for themselves and others similarly situated against Tennessee A & I State University, its Faculty Advisory Committee, and various other officials. The complaint sought to enjoin defendants from refusing to reinstate plaintiffs at defendant university, and from suspending, expelling, or otherwise disciplining plaintiffs either for the lawful exercise of federally protected rights or without affording them due...

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