Legal Opinion
Bradley v. School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1972No. Nos. 72-1058 to 72-1060 and 72-1150PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
May a United States District Judge compel one of the States of the Union to restructure its internal government for the purpose of achieving racial balance in the assignment of pupils to the public schools? We think not, absent invidious discrimination in the establishment or maintenance of local governmental units, and accordingly reverse.
This is a new aspect of an old school case begun in 1961.1 Neither the parties to this appeal nor the numerous amici permitted to file briefs question the duty of the Richmond School Board to achieve a unitary school system. Brown v.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In the Matter of Carolyn Bradley v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia v. The School Board of Chester-Field County, National Education Association, Amicus Curiae. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Amicus Curiae. United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus Curiae. In the Matter of Carolyn Bradley v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia v. The School Board of Henrico County, National Education Association, Amicus Curiae. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Amicus Curiae. United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus Curiae. In the Matter of Carolyn Bradley v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia v. The State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia, National Education Association, Amicus Curiae. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Amicus Curiae. United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus Curiae, in the Matter of Carolyn Bradley v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia v. Dawn Gauldin, an Infant, by Her Next Friend and Mother, Judith Gauldin, and Others, Parents and School Children of Chesterfield County, National Education Association, Amicus Curiae. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Amicus Curiae. United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. International Business MacHines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Richmond School Board v. BalilesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Bradley v. BalilesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1986
- Fishel v. Frederick County School BoardFrederick County Circuit Court · 1988
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