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DAVIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 27849.

422 F.2d 1139 (1970)

Birdie Mae DAVIS et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, etc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY et al., Defendants-Appellees, Twila FRAZIER et al., Defendants-Intervenors, v. AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, David L. Jacobs, and Bill Rosser, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 16, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Dean, Jr., Destin, Fla., Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, Frankie L. Fields, Mobile, Ala., Reber F. Boult, Jr., Charles Morgan, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Eleanor Holmes Norton, New York City, of counsel, for appellants.

Abram L. Philips, Jr., Palmer Pillans, George F. Wood, James D. Brooks, Mobile, Ala., for appellee.

Charles S. White-Spunner, Jr., U. S. Atty., Vernon Crawford, Mobile, Ala., for other interested parties.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

For almost a decade there have been judicial efforts to desegregate the schools of Mobile County, Alabama. We do not tarry now to count the many appeals to this court in furtherance of this hope, for we are concerned today with only a single recent episode in this almost Homeric odyssey. We wonder when the epilogue will be written.

The latest episode is this appeal by David L. Jacobs, Bill Rosser, and the American Friends Service Committee...

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