Kenneth R. Jones v. The State Board of Education of and for the State of Tennessee

COMBS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action for themselves and others similarly situated against Tennessee A & I State University, its Faculty Advisory Committee, and various other officials. The complaint sought to enjoin defendants from refusing to reinstate plaintiffs at defendant university, and from suspending, expelling, or otherwise disciplining plaintiffs either for the lawful exercise of federally protected rights or without affording them due process and equal protection of the law.

On June 8, 1967, approximately seventy students, including plaintiffs Jones, Booth, and…