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High Court Sets Date For Sweatt Case
New York December 29 The Sweatt case seeking admission for Heman Marion Sweatt to the University of Texas law school will be argued before the U S Supreme Court in the week of January 30 Thurgood Marshall will lead the NAACP effort as counsel The case draws national attention as a test of segregation in higher education Several labor and education groups joined as friends of the court including the American Federation of Teachers and the Committee of Law Teachers Against Segregation in Legal Education Texas Attorney General Price Daniel urged southern states to file briefs defending segregation saying loss could trigger many suits for entry of Negroes into white schools. Daniel cited North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan calling Sweatt the Souths most important case since the Civil War.