Legal Opinion
Williams v. Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1977No. Nos. 76-1172 and 76-1108PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide several complex and difficult questions that arose when the Brinkley School District, which had maintained separate Black and White schools, began integrating the school system. In April, 1973, the plaintiffs,1 Black faculty members and a Black applicant for a position as a faculty member, dissatisfied with the treatment of Blacks, brought an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. They sought individual and class relief contending that the defendants, the superintendent and…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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