Legal Opinion

Dallas Independent School District v. J. W. Edgar, Commissioner of Education

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 23, 1958No. 17091PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing a suit by the Dallas School District against the Texas State Commissioner of Education and other state officials. It sought to have the district court enter a declaratory judgment determining its right under two state laws dealing with the appellant’s duty to carry out the mandate previously entered by the district court that it desegregate the schools under its jurisdiction with all deliberate speed. Borders v. Rippy, 5 Cir., 247 F.2d 268. These two statutes, which were already in force when' the case of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Mumme v. MarrsTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Borders v. RippyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Boson v. RippyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  2. Sandra Craig Boson v. Dr. Edwin L. Rippy, as President of the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Independent School District, Dallas County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  3. Flax v. PottsDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1962
  4. Dallas Independent School District v. EdgarCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
  5. Stone v. Members of the Board of Education of the City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962

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