Wallace v. United States Bibb County Board of Education v. United States

CourtU.S. Supreme Court
Writing for the CourtPER CURIAM
CitationWallace v. United States Bibb County Board of Education v. United States, 389 U.S. 215, 88 S.Ct. 415, 19 L.Ed.2d 422 (1967)
Decision Date01 October 1967
Docket NumberNo. 671,No. 489,489,671
PartiesLurleen Burns WALLACE, Governor of Alabama, et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. BIBB COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. v. UNITED STATES et al

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen. of Alabama, and John C. Satterfield, for appellants Lurleen Burns Wallace, Governor of Alabama and others.

Reid B. Barnes, for appellants Bibb County Board of Education and others.

Acting Solicitor General Spritzer, Assistant Attorney General Doar, Louis F. Claiborne and David L. Norman, for the United States in No. 489.

Solicitor General Griswold and Assistant Attorney General Doar, for the United States in No. 671.

Fred D. Gray, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Charles H. Jones, Jr., Charles Stephen Ralston and Melvyn Zarr, for appellees Lee and others.

PER CURIAM.

The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.

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