Legal Opinion
Deborah A. Northcross v. The Board of Education of the City of Memphis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1964No. 15558PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CECIL, Circuit Judge.
This cause was previously before this Court on appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The subject of that appeal was the desegregation of the public schools of Memphis. We reversed the judgment of the District Court and remanded the case with instructions to enjoin the appellee Board of Education from operating a bi-racial school system or in the alternative to require the Board to adopt a plan looking toward the reorganization of the schools on a nonracial basis. Northcross v. Board of Education of the City of Memphis, 6 Cir.,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Watson v. City of MemphisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Goss v. Board of Ed. of KnoxvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. HansenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Tina Deal v. The Cincinnati Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Rebecca E. Henry v. The Clarksdale Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. School District 151 of Cook County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Bradley v. MillikenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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