Legal Opinion
McKissick v. Durham City Board of Education
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided September 4, 1959No. 1:12-m-00018PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STANLEY, District Judge.
This class action was commenced on May 12, 1958, by Joycelyn McKissick, a 15-year-old Negro citizen of Durham, North Carolina, through her mother and next friend, Evelyn W. McKissick, and Elaine Richardson, a 13-year-old Negro citizen of Durham, North Carolina, through her mother and next friend, Rachel Richardson, against the Durham City Board of Education and the North Carolina State Board of Education, to have declared the rights of the minor plaintiffs and the class of persons they represent to attend the public schools of the City of Durham without discrimination…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1955
- Carson v. WarlickCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Lionel C. Carson, an Infant, by His Next Friend, Martin A. Carsons. v. Board of Education of McDowell County, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Goosby v. OsserSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Griffin v. Board of Supervisors of Prince Edward CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Wheeler v. Durham City Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1961
- Wheeler v. Durham City Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1962
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