Legal Opinion
Lee v. MacOn County Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 13, 1964No. Civ. A. 604-EPublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Per curiam
This case was originally filed in January of 1963. The plaintiffs, who are Negro children and their parents residing in Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, originally sought relief of the defendants the Macon County Board of Education, its individual members, and C. A. Pruitt as Superintendent of Education of Macon County. Jurisdiction was invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (3) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The suit was brought as a class action under Rule 23(a) (3), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The case as originally filed sought to have this Court enjoin the Board of Education of Macon County,…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Marsh v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Lee v. MacOn County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1967
- Poindexter v. Louisiana Financial Assistance CommissionDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
- Lee v. Macon County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Dillard v. Crenshaw CountyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1986
- Nancy Anne Spangler v. United States of America, Appellant-Intervenor v. Pasadena City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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