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Legal Citation: 391 U.S. 430 (1968)

Petitioners
Charles C. Green, et al.

Respondents
County School Board of New Kent County, Virginia, et al.

Petitioners' Claim
That the New Kent County School Board's "freedom of choice" plan allowing students to choose their own public schools is not an acceptable method for reversing segregation.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Samuel W. Tucker, Jack Greenberg

Chief Lawyer for Respondents
Frederick T. Gray

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
27 May 1968

Decision
The New Kent County...