Legal Opinion
Diane Cowan v. Bolivar County Bd of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 1, 2014No. 13-60464PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:
In this nearly fifty-year-old desegregation case, the United States appeals the district court’s order implementing a freedom of choice plan intended to desegregate the formerly de jure African-American middle school and high school in the Cleveland School District (“the District”). We reverse and remand for further consideration of the desegregation remedy.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
The Cleveland School District encompasses the southeast area of Bolivar County in the Mississippi Delta, including the city of Cleveland, the towns of Boyle, Re-nova,…
2Cases cited10 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
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Delores Ross v. Houston Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Arlene Flax, Etc. v. W.S. Potts, Fort Worth Independent School District, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Sch. Bd. of Concordia ParishCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
- Cowan ex rel. Johnson v. Bolivar County Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2016
- James v. The Cleveland School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2021
- Jones v. Virginia State UniversityDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2020
- M. Moore v. Tangipahoa Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
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