Legal Opinion
Brown v. Ramsey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1950No. 14130_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.
The appellants in this action are Negro children of school age suing by their parents as next friends. The appellees are the members of the Board of Directors of the Fort Smith Special School District of Sebastian County, Arkansas, and the Superintendent of Schools for the District. The appellants instituted this action in the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, charging appellees with the practice and custom of denying Negro children educational opportunities and advantages substantially equal to those…
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