Legal Opinion
Hart v. Community School Board of Education, New York School District 21
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 27, 1975No. Nos. 362, 503, 504 and 619, Dockets 74-2076, 74-2262, 74-2263 and 74-2253PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a final judgment in what the District Court (Weinstein, J.) described as the first New York City school desegregation case to reach a federal court. Hart v. Community School Board of Brooklyn, New York School District # 21, 383 F.Supp. 699 (E.D.N.Y.1974) (opinion); id. at 769 (order).
A class action by school children plaintiffs was brought by lawyers for the National Association of Colored People on behalf of children attending Coney Island’s Mark Twain Junior High School, J.H.S. 239 (“Mark Twain”). The defendants are the Community School Board of…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Yonkers Board of EducationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- George Arthur v. Ewald P. NyquistCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Lora v. Board of Ed. of City of New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- Jeffrey Hart, as a Minor by His Parent and Next Friend, Doris Hart v. The Community School Board of Education, New York School District 21, a Body Corporate, Defendants-Appellees-Appellants, Irving Anker, Chancellor of the Board of Education of the City of New York, the Community School Board of Brooklyn, New York School District 21, by Its President and Member, Evelyn J. Aquila, and Third-Party v. John v. Lindsay, Mayor of the City of New York, Third-Party and Barbara Baucom, Applicants for InterventionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Diaz v. San Jose Unified School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1976
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