Legal Opinion
Berry v. School Dist. of Benton Harbor
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided August 22, 1977No. C.A. 9PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOX, Chief Judge.
Nearly ten years after filing this action, and over seven years after having established a prima facie case that the schools attended by plaintiffs, and the class of persons they seek to represent, are products of de jure segregation, plaintiffs remain contained in segregated schools under conditions no better, and in many cases considerably worse, than when this litigation was initiated. After a careful and searching examination of the evidence presented at trial, and of the record established at the previous trial before Judge W. Wallace Kent, I conclude that…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States v. Yonkers Board of EducationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- In Re Richard Buick, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
- In Re LuchenbillUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1990
- Berry v. School Dist. of City of Benton HarborDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1978
- Barbara Jean Berry v. School District of the City of Benton Harbor, William G. Milliken, Governor of the State of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
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