Legal Opinion
Boston's Children First v. City of Boston
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 10, 1999No. Civ.A. 99-11330-NGPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GERTNER, District Judge.
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This case raises critical issues, issues which have rocked this city, and indeed this nation, for the past twenty-five to thirty years. The Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of the Defendants’ use of race in its student assignment plan, the Controlled Choice Student Assignment Plan (“the Plan”). They seek broad emergency relief, barring the use of race as a factor in any way in student assignments for the 1999-2000 school year. 1 In the light of the evolving law of equal protection, their challenge is a fair one. But rather…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by13 opinions
- In Re: Boston's Children FirstCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- Anderson Ex Rel. Dowd v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Boston's Children First v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Gratz v. BollingerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2000
- Boston Children's v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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