Theodore Whitmore Stanley v. Darlington County School District, Elaine Whittenberg v. School District of Greenville County, Etc.

ORDER

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

We consolidated these appeals for hearing and disposition in light of Alexander v. Holmes County Bd. of Educ., 396 U.S. 19, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19 (Oct. 29, 1969), and Nesbit v. Statesville City Bd. of Educ., 418 F.2d 1040 (4th Cir., Dec. 2, 1969).

In Alexander the Supreme Court held that “the obligation of every school district is to terminate dual school systems at once and to operate now and hereafter only unitary schools.” In Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Bd., 396 U.S. 290, 90 S.Ct. 608, 24 L.Ed.2d 477 (Jan. 14, 1970), the Supreme Court…