Legal Opinion

Ayers v. Allain

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 6, 1990No. 88-4103PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

" 'The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things:

Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — Of Cabbages — and kings—

And why the sea is boiling hot — and whether pigs have wings.’ ” 1

We’ll sit and chat of times gone by, and visit with the queens

Brown, and, Sweatt and Meredith not to mention the fertile Green

And then we’ll see why Ayers should fly and how equality is king!

Today we write an opinion concerning a class action lawsuit involving the public universities of Mississippi. The question is whether the racial identity of these institutions results from…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. United States v. FordiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Stender v. Lucky Stores, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1992
  3. DeVargas v. Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
  4. Mojica v. Gannett Co., Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
  5. Iris v. Rivera-Flores v. Puerto Rico Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995

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