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ANTHONY v. MARSHALL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 26432.

409 F.2d 1287 (1969)

Clarence ANTHONY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARSHALL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 15, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Lucas, Memphis, Tenn., John L. Maxey, II, Stanley L. Taylor, Jr., Holly Springs, Miss., Jack Greenberg, Melvyn Zarr, Franklin E. White, New York City, for appellants.

Robert P. Crutcher, Holly Springs, Miss., Semmes Luckett, Clarksdale, Miss., Hardy Lott, Greenwood, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., of Mississippi, William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Nathan Lewin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Stephen J. Pollak, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert T. Moore, Merle W. Loper, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., for the U. S. as amicus curiae.

Before AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and MITCHELL, District Judge.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This class action was brought by Negro school children, represented by their parents, to desegregate the two public school districts of Marshall County, Mississippi. Appellants sought the adoption of one of two proposed systems for integration: (1) pairing of the existing school facilities, or (2) a system of unitary geographic school zone lines, in lieu of the existing "freedom-of-choice" plans adopted in the 1965-66 school year. They aver...

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