Legal Opinion
Robert W. Kelley, and Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the City of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, and Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1959No. 13749_1PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McALLISTER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court approving a plan of the Board of Education of the City of Nashville, Tennessee, providing for desegregation of the public schools of that city, commencing with the first grade, and proceeding by the desegregation of one additional grade a year until all grades in all public schools have been finally desegregated.
The background of the case is pertinent: The entry of the judgment approving the above plan of desegregating the first grade and compliance therewith by the Board of Education and the school…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Kelley v. METROPOLITAN COUNTY BD. OF ED. OF NASHVILLE, ETC.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1968
- Boson v. RippyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Blocker v. Board of Education of Manhasset, New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1964
- Earl Benjamin Bush v. Orleans Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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