Legal Opinion
Flax v. Potts
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided September 27, 1989No. Civ. A. 4-4205-EPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MAHON, District Judge.
The Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) moves the Court for a declaration that the school district is unitary. For the reasons stated below, the Court finds that the former dual school system has been dismantled and that the vestiges of de jure segregation have been removed “root and branch.” 1 While such a finding warrants the eventual end of federal court supervision, the Fifth Circuit’s guidelines in Youngblood v. Board of Public Instruction of Bay Co. mandate that the Court retain jurisdiction over the case for three more years.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Coalition To Save Our Children v. State Board Of Education Of The State Of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Arlene Flax, Etc. v. W.S. Potts, Fort Worth Independent School District, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- NAACP, Jacksonville Branch v. Duval County SchoolCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1999
- Stell v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUC. FOR CITY OF SAVANNAHDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1994
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