Legal Opinion

Ruth Booker, an Infant, by Dovie Booker, Her Mother and Next Friend v. State of Tennessee Board of Education

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 14, 1957No. 12775PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

This case arises upon complaint of five plaintiffs, members of the colored race, praying for a permanent injunction to restrain the Board of Education of the State of Tennessee, officials of such Board, and the president and registrar of Memphis State College, from refusing to admit plaintiffs to Memphis State College solely because of their race.1 The facts are not in controversy. The findings of fact entered by the District Court are given in the margin.2

*691All plaintiffs are residents of the city of Memphis, in the Western Division of the State of Tennessee, and also in…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  4. Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. CanadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Thomas W. Jones, Etc. v. Edgar M. BraniginCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
  2. Joseph Chapman, by Next Friend, Violet D. Chapman v. Phillip A. Gerard, Commissioner of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  3. Aaron v. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
  4. Bartlett & Co., Grain v. State Corp. Com'n of KansasDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1963
  5. Glancy v. Parole Board of the Michigan Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1968

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