Legal Opinion
Vick v. County Board of Education of Obion County, Tenn.
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided June 4, 1962No. 1259PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This cause first came on for hearing on December 15, 1961, on the application of plaintiffs for an injunction against the operation of a compulsory racially segregated public school system in Obion County, Tennessee. Plaintiffs also prayed for an injunction against the assignment of teachers and supporting personnel on the basis of race or color. Defendants, in their answer, admitted they are operating a compulsory racially segregated school system which is therefore unconstitutional and offered to bring about desegregation on the basis of a grade a year. After hearing…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1955
- Deborah A. Northcross v. The Board of Education of the City of Memphis, Tennessee,defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Robert W. Kelley, and Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the City of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Blocker v. Board of Education of Manhasset, New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1964
- Coppedge v. Franklin County Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1967
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners, City of JacksonDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1965
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of City of Jackson, Miss.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1963
- Lynch v. Kenston School District Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1964
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