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WRIGHT v. BAKER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 74-1483.

501 F.2d 131 (1974)

Mrs. Norma J. WRIGHT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BAKER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Charlie Ridley, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. The STATE OF GEORGIA et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 5, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth R. Rindskopf, John R. Myer, Atlanta, Ga., Jack Greenberg, Norman J. Chachkin, James C. Gray, Jr., New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank S. Twitty, Sr., Camilla, Ga., for Baker County School District.

Peter Z. Geer, Albany, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

David L. Norman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian K. Landsberg, Atty., Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This case is concerned with the validity of the sale of a surplus public school building to a private all-white school. It began on the initiative of the United States on February 12, 1972 by the filing of a motion to add parties defendant and motion for supplemental relief and transfer of case (CA 1201). The United States sought an order rescinding the sale of the West Baker Elementary School by...

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