Legal Opinion
Montgomery v. Starkville Municipal Separate School District
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided June 8, 1987No. EC83-293-LS-DPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION. SENTER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff intervenors bring this action alleging that the defendants are presently maintaining a dual education system in the school district of Starkville, Mississippi, in contravention of the fourteenth amendment. As a result, plaintiff intervenors seek injunctive relief and an award of attorney’s fees and costs.
A trial was held in this cause on September 29, 1986. Pursuant to Rule 52, Fed.R. Civ.P., the court issues the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Historical Background
Prior to 1954, the City of Starkville, Mississippi, like most…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hazelwood School District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- BOARD OF EDUC. FOR HOLMES SCHOOLS v. FisherCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2004
- Cowan ex rel. Johnson v. Bolivar County Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2016
- Horace Willie Montgomery v. Starkville Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Winters v. CALHOUN COUNTY SCHOOL DIST.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008