Virgil D. Hawkins v. Board of Control of Florida, a Body Corporate, and R. S. Johnson, Registrar of the University of Florida

In the court below appellant filed a bill of complaint alleging that he was being deprived of admission to the law school of the University of Florida solely because he was of the Negro race. He moved for a preliminary injunction. This motion was regularly ordered for hearing and came on for hearing after due notice. At that hearing the District Court declined to permit appellant to introduce any evidence and denied the motion for preliminary injunction. 1 The question presented to us is whether the court erred in entering its order complained of.

Rule 65(b), F.R.C.P., 28 U.S. C.A., requires…