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GODWIN v. JOHNSTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Civ. A. No. 2114.

301 F.Supp. 1339 (1969)

James GODWIN et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHNSTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public body corporate; North Carolina State Board of Education, a public body corporate; and Dr. A. Craig Phillips, North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division.

July 8, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad O. Pearson, Durham, N.C., J. LeVonne Chambers, Adam Stein, James E. Ferguson, II and James E. Lanning, Charlotte, N.C., for plaintiffs.

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen. of N.C., Ralph Moody, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Raleigh, N.C., Staff Atty., for defendants N.C. State Board of Education and A. Craig Phillips, N.C. Supt. of Public Instruction.

Albert A. Corbett, Smithfield, N.C., for defendant Johnston County Bd. of Education.

OPINION

BUTLER, Chief Judge.

This is a class action filed on April 4, 1968 by Negro parents and children of Johnston County seeking injunctive relief against alleged racially discriminatory practices by the defendants in the administration of the Johnston County Public Schools. The plaintiffs named as defendants the Johnston County Board of Education and, in addition, the North Carolina State Board of Education and Dr. Charles F. Carroll, North Carolina...

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