Legal Opinion
Lee v. Lee County Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 8, 2007No. Civil Action 3:70cv845-MHT, 3:70cv848-MHT to 3:70cv851-MHT, 3:70cv853-MHT to 3:70cv855-MHT, 2:70cv3099-MHT, 2:70cv3102-MHT, 2:70cv3103-MHT, 2:66cv2455-MHTPublished
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON THE STATE-WIDE ISSUE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
In these longstanding school desegregation cases, there are two remaining issues that concern relief at the state level: ‘special education’ and ‘facilities.’ The defendants on the state-wide issues are the Alabama State Board of Education, and its members, the Alabama State Superintendent of Education, and the Governor of Alabama as President ex officio of the State Board of Education. These state officials have moved for declaration of unitary status and termination of this litigation as to the issue of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Dayton Board of Education v. BrinkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Freeman v. PittsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Missouri v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs of Mobile Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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