Eaton v. New Hanover County Board of Education

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BUTLER, Chief Judge.

On August 2, 1968, following the decisions of the Supreme Court in Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 391 U.S. 430, 88 S.Ct. 1689, 20 20 L.Ed.2d 716 (1968); Monroe v. Board of Commissioners, 391 U.S. 450, 88 S.Ct. 1700, 20 L.Ed.2d 733 (1968), and Raney v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 443, 88 S.Ct. 1697, 20 L.Ed.2d 727 (1968), this court found that the New Hanover County public school system was an unconstitutional, racially dual system and directed that it be converted to a unitary system at the earliest practicable date. Since that date…