Legal Opinion
School Committee of New Bedford v. COMMR. OF EDUCATION
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 23, 1965PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
On June 12, 1964, the New Bedford school committee, the superintendent of schools, and the city brought this bill against the commissioner of education and the State board of education (see G. L. c. 15, § 1A, inserted by St. 1947, e. 652, § 2) seeking a declaration, among other things, (1) that the plaintiffs are not required to conduct a racial census in the New Bedford schools at the request of the commissioner, and (2) that the defendants may not, “as a result of the . . . [plaintiffs’] failure to take [such] a racial census,” withhold any school aid to which New Bedford is entitled under…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Morrison v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Wellesley College v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- United States v. ThindSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Johnson v. District Attorney for the Northern DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Board of Education v. Assessor of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Springfield School Committee v. Abraham Barksdale, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
- Tometz v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
- Town Taxi Inc. v. Police Commissioner of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Bonan v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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