Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Board of Education of Jefferson County, Alabama
| Decision Date | 24 November 1958 |
| Docket Number | No. 341,341 |
| Parties | Ruby Fredricka SHUTTLESWORTH, by her Next Friend, F. L. Shuttlesworth, et al., appellants, v. BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF EDUCATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Mr. James M. Nabrit, Jr., for appellants.
Messrs. Ormond Somerville, Reid B. Barnes and Jos. F. Johnston, for appellee.
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed upon the limited grounds on which the District Court rested its decision. 162 F.Supp. 372, 384.
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