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Coppedge v. Franklin County Board of Education

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided April 8, 1968No. 11794PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

The School Board of a county in which there has been much Ku Klux Klan activity appeals from an order requiring it to abandon its freedom of choice plan and to adopt a new plan for pupil assignments based upon a unitary system of geographic attendance zones or upon the consolidation of grades or schools or both. Since it clearly appears that the School Board did nothing to relieve the pressures inhibiting the free exercise of the right of choice, the District Judge properly required the Board to turn to other measures.

The School Board of Franklin County, North Carolina…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bowman v. County School Board of Charles City CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mamie E. Felder v. Harnett County Board of Education and G. T. Proffit, Superintendent of the Schools of Harnett CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  2. Coppedge v. Franklin County Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1968
  3. Coppedge v. Franklin County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
  4. Coppedge v. Franklin County Board Of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
  5. Coppedge v. Franklin County Board Of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968

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