Antonio Grandich and his family lived in Hancock County, Mississippi. Grandich wanted his four children to be admitted to the county’s white public school. The Board of Trustees denied the children, alleging they were Black. Grandich sued Charlie Moreau and the other members of the Board. Grandich stated that he and his wife were listed as "white" on their marriage license and their children had previously been admitted to white schools. The lower court and an appellate court both ruled in favor of Grandich. The Board took the case to the Mississippi Supreme Court. The Board stated that the children’s great-grandmother was Black. Grandich argued that their great-grandmother was Native and married to a white man.  The Board called witnesses who testified that she looked Black and associated heavily with the Black community. The Court cited Mullins v. Belcher (1911), which held that descendants with any amount of African ancestry were Black. They reversed the Circuit judge's ruling and ruled in favor of the Board.