Legal Opinion
Smith v. Board of Education of the Palestine-Wheatley School District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 2, 2014No. 13-1816PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
In 1987, the majority white Palestine school district and the majority African-American Wheatley school district, both located in St. Francis County, Arkansas, voluntarily consolidated into the Palestine-Wheatley School District (the “District”), while continuing to operate elementary and secondary schools in both communities. In 1989, Wheatley school children, their parents, and other interested parties (the “Wheatley plaintiffs”) sued the District, alleging on-going violations of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment. In May 1990, the district court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. DowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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