Legal Opinion
Alfred Avery, Jr., a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, (Mrs.) Alfred Avery v. Wichita Falls Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1957No. 16148_1PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by twenty negro children of public school age, residents of the Wichita Falls Independent School District, as a class action, the complaint averring,
“4. Minor plaintiffs bring this •action by their next friends in their own behalf, and on behalf of all other Negro minors who are similarly situated because of race or color within the defendant Wichita Falls Independent School District. They állege that they are members of a general class of persons who are segregated and discriminated against by order of the defendant board of trustees of the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by55 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Potts v. FlaxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1958
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Derek Jerome Singleton, Minor, by Mrs. Edna Marie Singleton, His Mother and Next Friend v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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