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ROBINSON v. SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 20629.

442 F.2d 255 (1971)

Claude Bernard ROBINSON and Julia D. Robinson, Infants, by Melvin Robinson, Their Father and Next Friend, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, by Ramsey Clark, Acting Attorney General, Plaintiff-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

May 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Chachkin, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants; William E. Caldwell, Walter L. Bailey, Jr., Russell B. Sugarmon, Jr., Ratner, Sugarmon & Lucas, Memphis, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, New York City, on brief.

R. Lee Winchester, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellees; Goff, Winchester & Walsh, Memphis, Tenn., on brief.

Before WEICK, McCREE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a District Court order approving, with minor modifications, the most recent desegregation plan proffered by appellee Board of Education. The original suit in this controversy was commenced on June 12, 1963 to compel the desegregation of the public schools within the district consisting of all Shelby County, Tennessee, outside the City of Memphis. This court recently was presented another aspect of this case in defendants...

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