Legal Opinion
United States v. Seminole County School District and John G. Angel, Superintendent of Schools, Seminole County School District, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1977No. 76-2749PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
In this school case the Government seeks modification of a 1970 consent decree which has failed to achieve its projected results. More specifically at issue is an elementary school that has remained identifiably black, contrary to the expectations on which the consent decree was based. We find that the School Board’s conduct since 1970 has not rendered its system unitary and that no cognizable barriers prevent integration of this school. In these circumstances the system-wide constitutional violation admitted in 1970 continues and justifies the further relief…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Pasadena City Board of Education v. SpanglerSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jose Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Virgie Lee Valley, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Rapides Parish School Board, and Clyde Holloway, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Desoto Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Donald Price and Melvin E. Price, Minors v. The Denison Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Tasby v. WrightDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1981
- Evans v. BuchananDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1981
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