Legal Opinion
Downs v. Board of Education of Kansas City
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1964No. 7536PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge.
This class action was brought below by a group of Negro children, through their parents and next friends, to enjoin the appellee Board of Education from continuing certain alleged discriminatory practices in the administration of the Kansas City, Kansas, school system. The relief sought was granted in part and denied in part. The appeal is from that portion of the decree denying the class relief as sought.
Because of the broad attack made upon the administration of the school system, it is necessary to detail the evidence adduced at the trial below.
The public schools…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Karen Renee Augustus, a Minor, by Charles A. Augustus, Her Father, and Next Friend v. The Board of Public Instruction of Escambia County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Tina Deal v. The Cincinnati Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Dossie Wayne Kemp v. Leroy BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- George and Carolyn Higgins v. Board of Education of the City of Grand RapidsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Booker v. Board of Education of City of PlainfieldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- United States v. The Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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