Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Rawdon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1956No. 15927PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought October 7, 1955, against the defendants, Board of Trustees of the Mansfield Independent School District, the president and members of the board, and the superintendent of the district, by Negro children of school age, to redress the deprivation, under color of state law, of their rights secured by the Constitution of the United States, the suit sought a declaratory judgment and an injunction.
The claim was that, though plaintiffs, minors between the ages of six and twenty-one years, have met all lawful requirements for admission to the Mansfield High School,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Joyce Marie Clemons, an Infant by Gertrude Clemons, Her Mother and Next Friend v. The Board of Education of Hillsboro, Ohio, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
- McKinney v. BlankenshipTexas Supreme Court · 1955
- Willis v. WalkerDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1955
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Orleans Parish School Board v. Earl Benjamin BushCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Potts v. FlaxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Baldwin v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- The School Board of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Fendall R. Ellis, Division Superintendent of Schools of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia v. Doris Marie Allen, County School Board of Arlington County, Virginia, and T. Edward Rutter, Division Superintendent of Schools, Arlington County, Virginia v. Clarissa S. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- School Board of the City of Charlottesville v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
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