Legal Opinion

United States v. Gadsden County School District

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 8, 1978No. 76-3537PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Per curiam

The Gadsden County School Board, which has been operating under a court-imposed desegregation decree since 1970, appeals from an order of the District Court enjoining the use of ability grouping as a method of assigning students to particular classrooms in five elementary schools.1 We affirm the District Court.

The United States initiated this suit in 1970, seeking to eliminate the dual school system in Gadsden County.. The issue now before us entered the case in 1975 when plaintiff Michelle Boles intervened as the representative of a class of black students in the school system, alleging that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. 16 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1637, 12 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,048 Witt Campbell, Cross v. Gadsden County District School Board, Etc., CrossappelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  2. Kelly McNeal v. Tate County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  3. United States v. Gadsden County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  4. Vertrees Moses v. Washington Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. Moses v. Washington Parish School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Georgia State Conference of Branches of Naacp, Mary Alice Covin, Mary Laurant, Sylvia Dennis, and Naomi Tucker v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Sylvester J. Vaughns, Jr., by His Father and Next Friend, Sylvester J. Vaughns, and Jesse Alexander Eller v. Board of Education of Prince George's County, and Thomas John Grenchik, Sylvester J. Vaughns, Jr., by His Father and Next Friend, Sylvester J. Vaughns, and Jesse Alexander Eller v. Board of Education of Prince George's County, and Thomas John GrenchikCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
  3. Vaughns v. Board of Educ. of Prince George's CountyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1983
  4. United States v. Gadsden County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. Vaughns v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985

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