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MONROE v. BOARD OF COM'RS OF CITY OF JACKSON, TENN.

Nos. 71-1359, 71-1360.

453 F.2d 259 (1972)

Brenda K. MONROE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF the CITY OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE, Constituting the Board of Education or School Commissioners of Said City, et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Drew, New York City, for Brenda Kay Monroe, et al.; Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., J. Emmett Ballard, Jackson, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Norman J. Chachkin, New York City, on brief.

Russel Rice, Sr., Jackson, Tenn., for Board of Commrs., City of Jackson, Tennessee, etc., et al.; Rice & Rice, Jackson, Tenn., of counsel.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and PECK, Circuit Judges.

JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

This is the third appearance of this case before this Court. The continuing controversy over the desegregation of the public schools of Jackson, Tennessee, originated in 1963 when the plaintiffs, black students and their parents, filed suit in the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. In August, 1963, the District Court approved a plan submitted by the Board calling for institution of geographical attendance areas for all...

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