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Highlander Folk School — Part 15

96 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Dec 31, 1956 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 95 pages OCR'd
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Hightander jState to Ask Charter Be Revoked t ‘| Clash of Attorneys | Storts Off Hearing 2 ad § ¥. GRADY .. aws-Froe Press Sta/} Writer ne ~cc-“ced this morning it would Inct pursue efforts to obtain al! - “permanent padieck injunction| , ‘al Highlander Folk School, focated near Monteagle, Tenn., can but that it would seek revoca- charter : tion of the school's between the state and ‘Atty, Cecil Branstettar of Naab- [vilte, a selsetion of jury wes hers Judge Chester Chattin over- ruled a demurrer tiled by the (defense to an amendment to jthe original bill against High- lander Folk Bchool. Among ‘other things the demurrer as- igerted that the “orginal amend- ‘ed till shows on Ite face that it ‘is multifarious.” — , , Atty. Branstetter also argued that the charges against High lander Fotk @&chool were ‘shotgun approach trying lo find something, T assume.” | Peistive to the amendment by Partly Cloudy, ‘em ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIza DATE ALTAMONT—The state an-| '* { After approximately twe and a a half hours of legal tie. vg to be wnconstittional. Padlock Suit Dropped, ATTY. CECIL BRANSTETTER JUDGE CHESTER CHATTIN the state that Highlander is/the echool had bean violated eonducting tnterrécial classes in| under the 14th Amendment, tiat violation of a state esode gec- @ corporation f# an artificial aition, Atty, Branetetter ed |body and is mot a citizen of the _|that integration has been . . United Stele «8, Atty. Branstetter apserted However, the state argued that the corporation is a eltizen that what might be eonstitu-|-and cannet be denied tonal fer state echoole may not |tion of tha‘ laws of the United be constitutional for tp in-| States." . : stitutions, The etate alec argued, Bran ‘told ‘the in anewer to the deferse Atty. totter - told . thal the constitutional right of | (Centisecd om Page 7, Colame 1) Chal the constitu@onal right of |(Cuntiseed om Page 7, Colamm 1). 4 woe r samba » rt ‘ ‘ Chattanooga News-Free Press Chattanooga, Temissses = Deo: Kt33" anderson, Editor
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