Legal Opinion

Wheeler v. Durham City Board of Education

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided October 12, 1962No. 8643PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the disposition made by the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina of two cases consolidated into a single trial and record. The first, Wheeler v. Durham City Board of Education, was brought in April, 1960, by 163 Negro pupils, and their parents, protesting the maintenance of segregated schools in the city during the 1959-60 school year. The second, Spaulding v. Durham City Board of Education, was instituted in September, 1960, by 116 Negro school children, and their parents; including many of the same individuals who…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Andrew L. Mannings, a Minor, by His Father and Next Friend, Willie M. Mannings v. Board of Public Instruction of Hillsborough County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  2. Deborah A. Northcross v. The Board of Education of the City of Memphis, Tennessee,defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
  3. Jeffers v. WhitleyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
  4. Jones v. School Board Of City Of AlexandriaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
  5. Cynthia D. Green, an Infant, and Rev. Emmett L. Green, Her Father and Next Friend v. School Board of the City of Roanoke, Virginia, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Bell v. School Board of Powhatan County, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
  2. Warren H. Wheeler, and C. C. Spaulding, III v. The Durham City Board of Education, a Body Politic in Durham County, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
  3. Bowman v. County School Board of Charles City CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  4. Buckner v. County School Board of Greene County, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
  5. Armstrong v. Board of Education of City of Birmingham, Ala.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1963

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