SPARKS v. GRIFFIN

No. 71-2747.

460 F.2d 433 (1972)

Ira Mae SPARKS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Merritt GRIFFIN, Individually, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Abbott, Larry Watts, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Welby K. Parish, Wayne V. R. Smith, Gilmer, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Prior to 1965, the Union Hill Independent School District, located in Upshur County, Texas, operated a fully segregated public school system consisting of two campuses: the all-white Union Hill campus and the all-black Bethlehem campus. After the introduction of a freedom-of-choice desegregation plan in the 1965-1966 academic year, the district's schools were converted into a unitary pupil assignment system at the beginning of the 1968-1969...

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