Legal Opinion
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided February 5, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 1974PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McMILLAN, District Judge.
On December 2, 1969, this court appointed Dr. John A. Finger, Jr., of Providence, Rhode Island, to study the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system and advise the court how the schools could be desegregated. The defendant school board, by order of December 1, 1969, had been extended a fourth opportunity to submit a plan if they wished. Dr. Finger went to work; the school staff worked with him; and they have produced some extremely useful information and reports, which will be referred to in this order as the Board plan and the Finger plan.
Hearings on the plans were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Theodore Whitmore Stanley v. Darlington County School District, Elaine Whittenberg v. School District of Greenville County, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
3Cited by1 opinion
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1970