Legal Opinion
School Committee of Boston v. Board of Education
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 9, 1967PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
This bill for declaratory relief under G. L. c. 231A is brought to settle a controversy between the plaintiff school committee and the defendants Board of Education and Commissioner of Education, G. L. c. 15, §§ IE, IF (as amended through St. 1966, c. 251, § 1, and St. 1966, c. 549, respectively), as to the constitutionality of St. 1965, c. 641, entitled “An Act providing for the elimination of racial imbalance in the public schools,” which inserted §§ 37C and 37D in G. L. c. 71, and §§ II, 1J, and IK in G. L. c. 15. The case is reserved and reported without decision by a judge of the…
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