Legal Opinion
Hampton v. Jefferson County Board of Education
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided June 20, 2000No. 3:98-cv-00262PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HEYBURN, District Judge.
Twenty-five years ago, United States District Judge James F. Gordon entered a decree designed to remedy discriminatory practices in our public schools. That action formed a lasting impression upon this community, reshaping our school system and our view of the federal courts. In the intervening years, the Jefferson County Public Schools 1 succeeded admirably in meeting the original objectives of the 1975 desegregation decree (the “Decree”). Recently, this Court had occasion to revisit that case and its background. See Hampton v. Jefferson County Bd.…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Agostini v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- McFarland Ex Rel. McFarland v. Jefferson County Public SchoolsDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 2004
- Comfort Ex Rel. Neumyer v. Lynn School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2003
- Belk v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
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