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GOSS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF KNOXVILLE, TENN.

Civ. A. No. 3984.

320 F.Supp. 549 (1970)

Josephine GOSS et al. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

July 1, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Cowan, Knoxville, Tenn., Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

S. Frank Fowler, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek to dismantle the Knoxville school system and to substitute therefor what they refer to as a unitary system. A unitary school system is one "within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race or color." Alexander v. Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19, 20, 90 S.Ct. 29, 30, 24 L.Ed.2d 19; Northcross v. Board of Education,

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