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Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Lie - Tx0 « Mr. Rosen pargDecember 19,1! _— 2 gaon : F. Le Price’ < RE: Tel eall 6234 Pee — 7 THURGOOD MARSHALL somme"* COMPLAINANT, CIVIL, RIGHTS SAC Murphy, Dallas, called to advise that Judge William Haley Atwell, today diamissed the petition which ha been filed in the District Court at Dallas, Texas, in the case Bell vs. Rippey. Mur phy said that _Rippey is the head aP én Tanna een hee eS ast Rae at ne Se, Gi tHe s66EL STOOOL DOaETE « In this suit : the Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is seeking to have the school board admit Negroes to local schools on a non=<segregated basis. We had conducted investigation at therequest of the Departments results of which were furnished to the Department on 10/8/56. Marshall, special counsel for the NAACP, had originally complained to the Department that individuals who BN EN VME Sh els POMC ah Wl Redd FS WES LO School Board, had been intimidated by Texas Rangers and representatives of the Attorney General of the State of Texas. It was alleged that such intimidation was caused when such individuals instituted action in Federal Court. ACTION: SAC Murphy was told to advise the Bureau by teletype when further details of the Court's dismissal are mown. 1410894 cc: Mr. Nichols hve Ww”. R qa oF ae o . ae Pe