Legal Opinion
Hobson v. Hansen
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 19, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 82-66PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge*:
On June 19, 1967, this court held that in various respects the District of Columbia school system denied Negro and poor children their constitutional right to equal educational opportunity, and entered a decree in accordance with that judgment. Hobson v. Hansen, D. D.C., 269 F.Supp. 401 (1967). Thereafter the defendant Board of Education, on July 1, voted six-to-two not to appeal, and by a vote of seven-to-two ordered Dr. Carl Hansen, in his then capacity of Superintendent of Schools, not to appeal; Dr. Hansen subsequently resigned effective July 31. Since…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Cascade Natural Gas Corp. v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sam Fox Publishing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. HansenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Pellegrino v. NesbitCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Smuck v. HobsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Lawton Chiles, Jr., Bob Martinez, Metropolitan Dade County, Intervenors-Appellants v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Ramona Shump v. Lana Balka, and Wanda Jones, Intervenors-ObjectorsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
- Diaz v. Southern Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Carl C. Smuck, a Member of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia v. Julius W. Hobson, Carl F. Hansen, Superintendent of Schools of the District of Columbia v. Julius W. HobsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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