Corbin v. County School Board of Pulaski County

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants instituted, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, a civil action seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, alleging that defendants were pursuing a policy, practice and usage of denying to Negro children of Pulaski County, Virginia, on account of their race and color, educational opportunities, facilities and advantages substantially equal to those afforded white children similarly situated. This denial was asserted to be in contravention of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the…