Legal Opinion
United States v. Texas Education Agency (Austin Independent School District)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1972No. 71-2508PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge,
with whom JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GEWIN, GOLDBERG, DYER, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, join:
Before 1954, the year Brown 11 was decided, and for some years thereafter the Austin Independent School District (AISD) segregated black and white school children. The law of the land, since Brown I and II, requires the conversion of a dual system into a unitary system. Every judge on this Court understands that there is no school district where this conversion has been simple. We realize too that this conversion of a dual system to a unitary system is very difficult in…
2Cases cited81 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by101 opinions
- Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Tallulah Morgan v. John J. Kerrigan, Boston Home and School Association, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant, Kevin H. White, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Jose Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Crawford v. Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- United States v. Yonkers Board of EducationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
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