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Florida ex rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control

347 U.S. 971 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1954-05-24 Docket No. 9; No. 85; No. 595 English

Delivered by Per Curiam:

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May 24, 1954.[1]
No. 9.
No. 85.
No. 595.
Florida ex rel. Hawkins et al. v. Board of Control of Florida et al. Muir v. Louisville Park Theatrical Association. Tureaud v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College et al.
Robert L. Carter and Thurgood Marshall for petitioners.
Ulysses S. Tate and Alexander P. Tureaud were also with them in No. 595. Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and Frank J. Heintz, Ralph M. Mc-Lane and Howard S. Bailey, Assistant Attorneys General,

On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida;

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The judgments are vacated and the cases are remanded for consideration in the light of the Segregation Cases decided May 17, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education, ante, p. 483, and conditions that now prevail.

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for respondents in No. 9. James W. Stites and Donald Q. Taylor for respondent in No. 85. Fred S. LeBlanc, Attorney General of Louisiana, W. C. Perrault, First Assistant Attorney General, C. Clyde Pearce, Assistant Attorney General, J. H. Tucker, Jr., Fred Blanche, Arthur O’Quin, Victor A. Sachse, W. Scott Wilkinson, Leander H. Perez, L. W. Brooks, C. V. Porter, Grove Stafford, Oliver Stockwell and Wood Thompson for respondents in No. 595.

Reported below: No. 9, 60 So. 2d 162 , 166; No. 85, 202 F. 2d 275 ; No. 595, 207

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  • 202 F. 2d 275 202 F. 2d 275 p. 972
  • 207 F. 2d 807 207 F. 2d 807 p. 972