Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/Cocheyse J. Griffin, Mignon D. Griffin, Naja D. Griffin and L. Francis Griffin, Jr., Infants, by and Through L. Francis Griffin, Sr., Their Father and Next Friend v. Board of Supervisors of Prince Edward County and J. W. Wilson, Jr., Treasurer of Prince Edward County, State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Virginia and County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, and T. J. McIlwaine Division Superintendent of Schools of Said County, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. County School Board of Surry County, Virginia, and M. B. Joyner, Division Superintendent of Schools of Surry County, Virginia, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. Board of Supervisors of Surry County, W. E. Seward, Jr., Clifton M. Ellis, Jr., and J. A. Savedge, and A. T. Sowder, Treasurer of Surry County, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. Harvey J. Babb, R. Merrill Seward, Sidney G. Judkins and Lewis M. Berryman, Individually and as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Children as Named in Their Motion to Intervene, Individually and on Behalf of Said Children
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No. 266284
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Cocheyse J. Griffin, Mignon D. Griffin, Naja D. Griffin and L. Francis Griffin, Jr., Infants, by and Through L. Francis Griffin, Sr., Their Father and Next Friend v. Board of Supervisors of Prince Edward County and J. W. Wilson, Jr., Treasurer of Prince Edward County, State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Virginia and County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, and T. J. McIlwaine Division Superintendent of Schools of Said County, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. County School Board of Surry County, Virginia, and M. B. Joyner, Division Superintendent of Schools of Surry County, Virginia, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. Board of Supervisors of Surry County, W. E. Seward, Jr., Clifton M. Ellis, Jr., and J. A. Savedge, and A. T. Sowder, Treasurer of Surry County, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. Harvey J. Babb, R. Merrill Seward, Sidney G. Judkins and Lewis M. Berryman, Individually and as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Children as Named in Their Motion to Intervene, Individually and on Behalf of Said Children
No. 266284 · Decided December 2, 1964
No. 266284·Fourth Circuit · 1964·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
December 2, 1964
Citation
No. 266284
Disposition
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Cocheyse J. Griffin, Mignon D. Griffin, Naja D. Griffin and L. Francis Griffin, Jr., Infants, by and Through L. Francis Griffin, Sr., Their Father and Next Friend v. Board of Supervisors of Prince Edward County and J. W. Wilson, Jr., Treasurer of Prince Edward County, State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Virginia and County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, and T. J. McIlwaine Division Superintendent of Schools of Said County, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. County School Board of Surry County, Virginia, and M. B. Joyner, Division Superintendent of Schools of Surry County, Virginia, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. Board of Supervisors of Surry County, W. E. Seward, Jr., Clifton M. Ellis, Jr., and J. A. Savedge, and A. T. Sowder, Treasurer of Surry County, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. Harvey J. Babb, R. Merrill Seward, Sidney G. Judkins and Lewis M. Berryman, Individually and as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Children as Named in Their Motion to Intervene, Individually and on Behalf of Said Children is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Cocheyse J. Griffin, Mignon D. Griffin, Naja D. Griffin and L. Francis Griffin, Jr., Infants, by and Through L. Francis Griffin, Sr., Their Father and Next Friend v. Board of Supervisors of Prince Edward County and J. W. Wilson, Jr., Treasurer of Prince Edward County, State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Virginia and County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, and T. J. McIlwaine Division Superintendent of Schools of Said County, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. County School Board of Surry County, Virginia, and M. B. Joyner, Division Superintendent of Schools of Surry County, Virginia, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. Board of Supervisors of Surry County, W. E. Seward, Jr., Clifton M. Ellis, Jr., and J. A. Savedge, and A. T. Sowder, Treasurer of Surry County, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Woodrow W. Wilkerson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Avis M. Pettaway, Etc. v. Harvey J. Babb, R. Merrill Seward, Sidney G. Judkins and Lewis M. Berryman, Individually and as the Parent and Natural Guardian of Children as Named in Their Motion to Intervene, Individually and on Behalf of Said Children in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on December 2, 1964.
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