Notice of Appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States

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May 25, 1970

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  • Case Files, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hardbacks. Notice of Appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, 1970. 48ece085-2e34-f111-88b4-7c1e526962fd. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d80b09dd-3967-4fb5-b384-60da6cb197a4/notice-of-appeal-to-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states. Accessed June 02, 2026.

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FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 

"Charlotte Division 
    

JAMES E. SWANN, et al., * 
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CEARLOTTE-NMNECKLENBURG BOARD or 
EDUCATION; NORTH (Ro INA STA" hs | 
BOARD OF EDUCA TION; DR. A. CRAIG * 

PHILLIPS, Suj pevintendent of Public In- | 

struction of the State of North Carolina; % 

WILLIAM E. POE ; HENDERSON BELEK; 1 

DAN HOOD; BEN 1 3 HUNTLE 15] BETSEY A 
KELLEY; COT.EMAL NW. KERRY, dB... X 

JULIA MAUI LDEN; SAM Mcl iid 117; * 

CARLTON G. WA TR INS, Sen | 
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Defendants 

and CIVIL ACTION NO. 194 
  

HONORA BLE ROBERT W. SCOTT, Governor | 

of ot Sta e of Nox th Carolina; HONORABLE 4 
A.C, TAVIS , Controller of the State De- 1 

partment of Public Instruction; HONORABLE He 

WILLIAM K. McLEAN, Judge of the Superior J 

Court of Mecklenburg Coury; TOM B. HARRIS; 47 

G. DON ROBIEET Ll A. BREF Ne BRELAND; 1 

JAMES M. POSTELL; WILLIAM E, RORIE, JR.; * 

CHALMERS R. CARR; ROBERT T. WILS ON; I 
and THE CONCIRNE D PARENTS ASSOCIATIC WW, oak 

an Unincorporated Association in Mecklenburg I 

County; JAMES H. CARSON, JR. an d WILLIAM ¥ 

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3oard of Education, Dr. A. Craig Phillips, een of Public 

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the State of North Carolina,.A.. C. Davis,  Conlroller of the State De- 

partment of Public Instruction, and William XK. McLean, Judge of the 

Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, do hereby appeal to the Supreme 

CGourtiof the United Slates from tlie decision and judgment of the three- 

judg ¢ district’ court'and {from {lie judgment or order issued pursuant to 

szidl decision, . copies of ‘said decision, order or ju dgment, being attached 

Hereto and made a part’ of this notice of appeal. 

The above-named defendants also give notice of appeal from 

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three-judge federal district court for the Western District of North Caro- 

lina ((No..1974 ) wherein & portion of Section 115 ~ 176 .1 of the General 

Statutes of North Carolina. ((Cumulative S SUP] plement of 1069 ) is declared 

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statute is get’ forth ih said opinion or decision which is attached hereto, 

That this appeal’ is entered and noted pursvant to the authority 

of Or] USCA 2981 ag implemented by 28 USCA 1253. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE   

I, Ralph Moody, a deputy attorney general of North Carolina, 

do hereby certify that I served copies of the foregoing and annexed 

Notice of Appeal to theSupreme Court of the United States in the Case 

of SWANN, etal. v. CHARLOTTE- MECKLE} BURG BOAR I" EDU- 

CATION, et al., in the District Court of the United States for the Western 

District of North Carolina, Civil Action No. 1974, by depositing in each 

case a copy of same in the United States Pos st Office, in Raleigh, North 

Carolina, with postage prepaid, and addressed to Counsel, as follows: 

Chambers, Stein, Ferguson & Lanning, 216 West Tenth Street, Charlotte, 

‘North Carolina 28202; Brock Barkley, Law Building, Charlotte, North 

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 Carolina 28202; William J. Waggoner, 1100 Barringer Office Tower, 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202; Gaston H. Gage, 1014 Law Building 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202; James H. Carson, Jr., Law Building, 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202; William H. Booe, Law Building, Char- 

lotte, North Carolina 28202; Benja min H. Horack, 806 Yast Trade Street, 

Cha rlotte, North Coroting 28202 ; Whiteford S. Blakeney, North Carolina 

National Bank Building, Charlotte, North Carolina. 

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This the 25 day of May, 1970. 

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