Legal Opinion
Bryan v. Austin
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided January 23, 1957No. Civ. A. 5792PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, District Judge.
This is an action by Negro school teachers against the School Superintendent and the Board of Trustees of a school district in South Carolina. Its purpose is to obtain a declaratory judgment that the South Carolina statute making unlawful the employment by the state, or by a school district of the state-, of any member of the National Association- for the Advancement of Colored People is unconstitutional and void- and to enjoin the enforcement of the statute in violation of their constitutional rights. As the defendants are engaged in the enforcement of a statute of…
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Bryan v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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