Legal Opinion
Booker v. Board of Education of City of Plainfield
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 28, 1965PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Jacobs, J.
The petitioners appealed under R. R. 4:88-8 from a decision of the State Board of Education affirming a decision of the Commissioner of Education. We certified om our own motion before argument in the Appellate Division,
After receiving protests against the racial imbalance in thePlainfield public school system, the local Board of Education appointed a lay advisory committee to review the matter and! submit its report. The committee recommended that Dr. Max Wolff of New York City be retained and in April 1962 the local Board entered into an…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Rachel Lynn Bell, a Minor, by Mrs. Odessa K. Bell, Her Mother, Etc. v. School City of Gary, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Jackson v. Pasadena City School DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Blocker v. Board of Education of Manhasset, New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1964
- Vetere v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by68 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- State v. SchmidSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Uniontown Area School District v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- San Francisco Unified School District v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- Fuller v. VolkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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