Legal Opinion
National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Lansing Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1977No. 76-1267PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
The Board of Education and its individual members appeal from a finding of liability in a suit brought to desegregate public elementary schools in Lansing, Michigan. The suit was brought as a class action by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and by children and parents of children who are elementary students in the Lansing school system. Chief Judge Noel P. Fox of the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, found that the Lansing School Board, through its acts and omissions, has created and maintained a racially…
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