Legal Opinion
Boston's Children First v. Boston School Committee
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 23, 2003No. CIV.A. 99-11330-RGSPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, RULINGS OF LAW, AND ORDER OF JUDGMENT AFTER A NONJURY TRIAL
STEARNS, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This case may possibly be the concluding chapter in thirty years of litigation over the effort to desegregate the Boston public schools. It began in 1999, when the parents of ten white school children challenged the preferencer- given to black and other minority students under a “controlled choice” school assignment plan implemented by the defendant Boston School Committee in the 1980’s. Plaintiffs won a victory, when, in response to their lawsuit, the School Committee voted to…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Comfort v. Lynn School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Anderson Ex Rel. Dowd v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Boston's Children First v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Comfort Ex Rel. Neumyer v. Lynn School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2003
- Comfort Ex Rel. Neumyer v. Lynn School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2003
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