Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Board of Education of City School District of New Rochelle
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 24, 1961PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in this class action, proceeding through their parents, are eleven Negro infants who were formerly enrolled in the Lincoln School, a public elementary school operated by the defendants, the Board of Education of the City of New Rochelle, and Dr. Herbert C. Clish, that city’s Superintendent of Schools. 1 It is admitted by the defendant that approximately 94% of the pupils at Lincoln are Negroes. Plaintiffs contend that the Board has deliberately and intentionally created and maintained Lincoln School as a racially segregated school, and thus has…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by64 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Springfield School Committee v. Abraham Barksdale, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Chester School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Morgan v. HenniganDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1974
- Spangler v. Pasadena City Board of EducationDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1970
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