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The Tennessee Contempt Proceedings

The contempt proceedings recently instituted in the Federal Court for Eastern Tennessee to punish alleged violations of an injunction issued by that Court raise important questions of constitutional law and of federal-state relationships. The injunction forbade interference with the efforts of the local school authorities to provide integrated education as required by a previous order of the Court. Mr. Arthur Krock, in a column in the New York Times and an article in U. S. News and World Report, has suggested the following questions:

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The Tennessee Contempt Proceedings

The contempt proceedings recently instituted in the Federal Court for Eastern Tennessee to punish alleged violations of an injunction issued by that Court raise important questions of constitutional law and of federal-state relationships. The injunction forbade interference with the efforts of the local school authorities to provide integrated education as required by a previous order of the Court. Mr. Arthur Krock, in a column in the New York Times and an article in U. S. News and World Report, has suggested the following questions: