Legal Opinion

Hugh Larry Bell v. West Point Municipal Separate School District

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 8, 1971No. 30175_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

In this school desegregation case the issue is whether the Board of Trustees for the West Point, Mississippi School District may validly close two schools as part of a plan to establish a unitary school system within the requirements of Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 1968, 391 U.S. 430, 88 S.Ct. 1689, 20 L.Ed.2d 716, and Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 1969, 396 U.S. 19, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19.

By an order entered on May 8, 1970, the District court refused to alter West Point’s desegregation plan which had been in operation…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 725, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9911 Mr. And Mrs. Andrew Stephen Faraca v. Dr. James D. Clements, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. Delores Clark v. Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, Delores Clark v. The Board of Education of the Little Rock School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
  3. Virgie Lee Valley, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Rapides Parish School Board, and Clyde Holloway, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  4. Alta Oveta Mims v. The Duval County School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  5. Alesia Lee Fitzpatrick v. Board of Education, City of Enid Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978

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