Dixon v. Alabama State Board of Education
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
294 F.2d 150 (1961)
- Written by Daniel Clark, JD
Facts
A group of students at Alabama State College for Negroes in Montgomery, Alabama, staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter. The governor of Alabama suggested to the college president that the university expel the students. The students then staged mass demonstrations and threatened a boycott of the college if there were any expulsions. Without conducting any hearings, the Alabama State Board of Education (board) (defendant) sent notices of expulsion to nine demonstrating students. Six of the nine students (plaintiffs) brought suit in district court, claiming that they had been denied due process of law before being expelled. The district court ruled in favor of the board, and the students appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Rives, J.)
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