Legal Opinion
Jean Carolyn Youngblood, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Board of Public Instruction of Bay County, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1970No. 29369PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The Board of Public Instruction of Bay County, Florida, faces fewer desegregation problems than do most school boards. This Court found, last December, that the freedom of choice plan in Bay County “has produced impressive results”,1 although “it fall[s] short of establishing a unitary school system”.2 As of February 6, 1970, there were only 3,028 blacks (17%) as compared with 14,629 whites (83%) enrolled in public schools.3 There are only three schools (Rosenwald Junior High and Harris and Patterson elementary schools) that pose a serious problem. These were originally…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Raney v. Board of Education of Gould School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by13 opinions
- San Francisco Unified School District v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- McDaniel v. BarresiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. State of TexasDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1970
- Southern Illinois Builders Association v. OgilvieDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1971
- Gordon v. Jefferson Davis Parish School BoardDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1971
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