Wallace v. Commonwealth of Virginia Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Motion to Advance
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January 1, 1966

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Brief Collection, LDF Court Filings. Davis v. Mobile County Board of School Commissioners Motion for Leave to Supplement Petition for Writ of Certiorari, 1970. 04b1001c-af9a-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/427917b4-2f2a-4ef1-ae2d-8257a8c9acf4/davis-v-mobile-county-board-of-school-commissioners-motion-for-leave-to-supplement-petition-for-writ-of-certiorari. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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(Smirt of tl|P Inttpfc States October T erm, 1970 No. 436 I n the B irdie Mae D avis, et al., Petitioners, v . B oard oe S chool Commissioners of M obile County, et al. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI J ack Greenberg J ames M. N abrit, III M ichael D avidson Norman J. Chachkin 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 V ernon Z. Crawford A lgernon J. Cooper 1407 Davis Avenue Mobile, Alabama 36603 A nthony G. A msterdam Stanford University Law School Stanford, California 94305 Attorneys for Petitioners I n th e iatpmm* (SJmtrt of tip HHniUb States October T eem, 1970 No. 436 B irdie Mae D avis, et al., v. Petitioners, B oard of S chool Commissioners of M obile County, et al. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI Petitioners, by their attorneys respectfully move that they be permitted to amend or supplement their petition for writ of certiorari pending herein in order to request that the Court review the subsequent decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in this cause filed on August 4, 1970 and August 28, 1970. The August 4, 1970 order recited that the Court was amending its order of June 8, 1970: This opinion and order amends and supplements our decision and order of June 8, 1970, and together they shall be considered the final order on this appeal for mandate and certiorari purposes. A copy of the August 4, 1970 opinion and order has already been made available to this Court as it is printed as an 2 Appendix to the Brief In Opposition to Certiorari and also as an Appendix to the Memorandum of the United States. The order entered August 28, 1970 further amends the orders of the Fifth Circuit. A copy of the August 28th order is appended hereto, infra. It is submitted that neither of these recent Fifth Circuit orders makes any substantial change in the issue presented for review in this case. The matter is entirely technical and the purpose of this motion is merely to insure that the most recent proceedings are technically brought before this Court. Respectfully submitted, J ack Geeexbebg J ames M. Nabbit, III M ichael D avidsox Noemax J. Chachkix 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 V eexox Z. Ceaweoed A lgebxox J. Coopee 1407 Davis Avenue Mobile, Alabama 36603 A xth o x y G. A mstebdam Stanford University Law School Stanford, California 94305 Attorneys for Petitioners 3 Certificate of Service I hereby certify that on the 18th day of September, 1970, I served the foregoing motion on the parties by mailing a copy to each of the attorneys named below by United States air mail, special delivery, postag*e prepaid. All parties required to be served have been served. Abram L. Philips, Jr. Palmer Pillans George Wood 510 Van Antwerp Building Mobile, Alabama 36602 Samuel L. Stockman 951 Government Street, Room 112 Mobile, Alabama 36604 Honorable Erwin N. Griswold Solicitor General of the United States Department of Justice Washington, D. C. Pierre Pelham P. O. Bos 291 Mobile, Alabama 36602 APPENDIX la Order of Court of Appeals (Dated August 28, 1970) Ik the U kited States Court of A ppeals F or the F ieth Circuit No. 29,332 B irdie M ae D avis, et al., Plaintiff s-Appellants-Cr oss- Appellees, and U hited States oe A merica, etc., Plaintiff -Intervenor- Appellants- Cross-Appellees, v. B oard op School Commissiokers of M obile. Coukty, et a h , Defendants-Appellees-Cross- Appellants, and T wila F razier, et al., Interveners-Appellees. appeals prom the ukited states district court for the SO U TH E R K DISTRICT OF ALABAM A (August 28, 1970) Before B ell, A iksworth, and Godbold, Circuit Judges. 2a Order of Court of Appeals B y the Court :— This Court mandated a plan of pupil assignment for the Mobile school district in its order of June 8, 1970. This plan was modified by the district court in its order dated July 13, 1970. The district court further modified the plan in an order dated July 30, 1970. On August 4, 1970, we substantially affirmed the modifications made in the assignment plan by the July 13, 1970 order of the dis trict court. We did not have the changes embraced in the July 30, 1970 order before us at the time. Plain tiff s-ap- pellants have now appealed from the July 30, 1970 order. The July 30, 1970 order makes changes in the attendance zones of 32 separate schools. Some of the changes had no effect from the standpoint of desegregation. Others dimin ished the degree of desegregation accomplished in the prior orders of this court and the district court. Most of the changes can be affirmed on the basis of efficient school administration and because there is no claim of a racially discriminatory purpose. It is clear that some of the other changes cannot be affirmed and that time is of the essence in resolving the controversy which has arisen over the July 30, 1970 changes in light of the short time before school is to commence in Mobile. The court has considered the motion for summary rever sal, the memoranda in support of and opposition thereto, and in addition, a pre-hearing conference with counsel has been conducted by Judge Bell for the court pursuant to Rule 33, FRAP. After due consideration, the appeal is terminated on the following basis: (1) The middle school and high school zone lines shall be the same as those set forth in the July 13, 1970 order of the district court. 3a Order of Court of Appeals (2) The elementary school zones shall be modified as follows: (a) Palmer and Glendale schools shall be paired. (b) Council and Leinkauf schools shall be paired. (c) The area of the Whitley zone as described in the July 30, 1970 order of the district court that lies west of Wilson Avenue shall become a part of the Chicasaw zone. (d) The area in the Westlawn zone as described in the July 30, 1970 order of the district court that lies north of Dauphin Street shall become part of the Old Shell Road school zone. (3) Counsel for the school board agrees with counsel for plaintiffs-appellants that they will confer and make facts available regarding desegregation of the school system staffs. (4) Students who refuse to attend the schools to which they are assigned by the school board under the order of the district court shall not be permitted to participate in any school activities, including the taking of examinations and shall not receive grades or credit. (5) Henceforth, any time the school board desires to have changes in zone lines made, it shall give reasonable notice to the parties. The order of the district court of July 30, 1970 is in all other respects A ffirmed. It Is So Ordered. MEILEN PRESS INC. — N, Y. C. 21