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BAIRD v. BENTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 28480.

421 F.2d 700 (1970)

Carolyn BAIRD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. BENTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 19, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Farese, Ashland, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Reuben V. Anderson, Melvyn R. Leventhal, Fred Banks, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for Carolyn Baird.

H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David L. Norman, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., David D. Gregory, David L. Rose, Stuart F. Pierson, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal involves the desegregation of the public schools of Benton County, Mississippi.

On May 26, 1969, the District Court entered its order imposing a desegregation plan upon the Benton County Board of Education. On September 12, 1969, the plaintiff-appellees filed a motion in this Court for summary affirmance, or in the alternative, to proceed on the original record and to expedite the appeal.

Subsequently, the Supreme Court decided...

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