Legal Opinion
School Committee of Springfield v. Board of Education
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 7, 1972PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The plaintiff school committee seeks an order directing the defendant State board of education (board) to release certain State school aid withheld from its use under the provisions of the racial imbalance law. By way of counterclaim to the school committee’s amended substitute bill for judicial review, the board prays that the school committee be ordered to adopt one of three racial balance plans, as per the board’s decision of May 25, 1971, and that additional State school aid be ordered withheld pending compliance with the board’s May 25th decision.
The case is here upon the reservation and…
2Cases cited66 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by84 opinions
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