Legal Opinion
United States v. Board of Education of City of Bessemer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1968No. Nos. 25809-25811PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
The issue here is to determine what the School Boards1 are required to do in desegregating their respective faculties.2
In the spring of 1967 the Court below entered decrees against the School Boards in exact conformity with our model decree as set forth just shortly before in Jefferson,3 including the provisions for faculty integration.4
*46On the eve or just after the start of the 1967-68 school year, the United States as intervenor, dissatisfied with the progress (or lack of it) in faculty desegregation, filed motions for further relief and submitted a proposed decree…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Willie B. Brooks v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Bradley v. School Board of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- ROGERS Et Al. v. PAUL Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Smith v. Board of Education of Morrilton School District No. 32Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. Greenwood Municipal Separate School District, Greenwood Municipal Separate School District v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Spangler v. Pasadena City Board of EducationDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1970
- Davis v. School District of the City of Pontiac, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1970
- United States v. Dennis DempseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. School District 151 of Cook County, IllinoisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1968
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