DODD v. FORT SMITH SPECIAL SCHOOL DIST. NO. 100

Civ. No. 87-2090.

666 F.Supp. 1278 (1987)

Trolene DODD; Chris Boerner by His Next Friend, Fred Boerner; Beth Haynes, by Her Next Friend Larry Haynes; Margie Williams, by Her Next Friend Bettye Williams; Catherine Elsken, by Her Next Friend Mary Elsken; David A. Crook, by His Next Friend S.L. Crook; Arlis N. Young, by His Next Friend Arlis Young; Robert L. Ledbetter, by His Next Friend Larry Murry; Janice Baker, by Her Next Friend William Campbell; Wendell "Dirk" Brantley, by His Next Friend Dorothy Brantley, and Natalie Brown, by Her Next Friend Viola Brown, Plaintiffs, v. FORT SMITH SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 100, Richard L. Mulloy, Jackie M. Farrar, and the William O. Darby Memorial Book Foundation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Fort Smith Division.

July 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Carson, Daily, West, Core, Coffman & Canfield, Fort Smith, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Betsy Hall, of Hardin, Jesson & Dawson, P.K. Holmes, of Warner and Smith, Fort Smith, Ark., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

H. FRANKLIN WATERS, Chief Judge.

The court has before it a motion for preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order. This case presents a very unique factual situation — one which cannot be properly appreciated from an examination of the pleadings and other documentation in the file. A hearing on the motion was held June 10, 1987.

The controversy at hand emanates from a manuscript entitled "Portrait of a Hero, William...

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